At least 14 people were killed and 22 wounded in a suicide bombing outside a police station in Kabal, a town in Pakistan’s Swat Valley near the Afghan border.
The explosion occurred at the station entrance on Sunday evening, August 2.
Swat district police official Omar Khan said officers attempted to stop the attacker for a search before the attacker detonated explosives.
The attack came as a protest against violence in surrounding areas was ending nearby.
Protesters had called for action against what they described as renewed activity by Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, or TTP, in their area.
Deputy Inspector General Fida Hussain said all 22 injured people had been taken to hospital and that several were in critical condition.
No group had claimed responsibility for the bombing at the time described.
Security forces cordoned off the area and began an investigation.
President Asif Ali Zardari, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi condemned the attack and offered condolences to the victims’ families.
A conflict-monitoring institute said 154 people were killed in militant attacks in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in July.
Pakistan’s government has blamed Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities for such attacks, while Kabul has denied the allegation.