New Delhi, Sept. 22 -- At least 24 people, including militants and civilians, were killed in an explosion that took place at a compound in the Tirah Valley of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan on Monday.

According to police, bomb-making material allegedly stored at a compound by Pakistani Taliban fighters exploded on Monday in the country's restive northwest.

Several nearby homes were destroyed in the explosion.

Local police officer Zafar Khan was quoted by the Associated Press as saying that at least 10 civilians, including women and children, were killed, along with at least 14 militants.

Khan alleged that two local Pakistani Taliban commanders, Aman Gul and Masood Khan, had established hideouts in the compound, which was bein...