The suicide blast, which occurred in the vicinity of Miranshah in North Waziristan, took the lives of three soldiers and as many children, the statement said.

The victims include Lance Hawaldar Zubair Qadir, Cop Azira Safar, Cop Qasim Maqsood Omar while the martyred children include 11-year-old Ahmed Hassan, 8-year-old Ahsan, and 4-year-old Anam, according to the statement.

In 2014, about 98,640 people were reported to be internally displaced from North Waziristan as a result of Operation Zarb-e-Azb, a military offensive conducted by the Pakistan Armed Forces along the Pak-Afghan Border.

In 2018, it became a district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan with the merger of the entire FATA into Khyber Pakhtunkhwa after the Parliament's approval. (ILKHA)