The death toll from Saturday’s suicide attack on a security check post in the Miranshah area of North Waziristan Agency has reached 22, sources told a private TV channel on Sunday.
They also said as many as 35 soldiers have been injured in the attack.
A suicide bomber detonated an explosive-laden car near a mosque in Miranshah close to the residential quarters of Frontier Works Organisation (FWO) officials.
The FWO is engaged in several development projects in the area.
Most of the security personnel killed belonged to the Tochi scouts who were deployed for the security of FWO officials.
An ISPR handout read that 17 security personnel had died in the attack.