2025 Bajaur bombing
| 2025 Bajaur bombing | |
|---|---|
| Part of Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Terrorism in Pakistan | |
Ismail's vehicle is seen skidding along the road leftwards, leaving a plume of smoke in its wake, captured from a nearby CCTV camera | |
| Location | Nawagai Road, Khar Tehsil, Bajaur District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan |
| Date | 2 July 2025 ~1:45 p.m. PST (UTC+05:00) |
| Target | Government vehicle carrying Pakistan Assistant Commissioner (AC) of Nawagai Faisal Ismail |
Attack type | Bombing, terrorism |
| Weapons | Remotely-detonated IED |
| Deaths | 5 total |
| Injured | 17 |
| Perpetrators | Islamic State |
The 2025 Bajaur bombing was a roadside bomb attack that occurred on 2 July 2025 in the Nawagai area of Bajaur District, located in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. An IED exploded under a government vehicle carrying senior administrative officers, resulting in multiple fatalities and injuries.