India, Feb. 18 -- Militants from the banned TTP rammed an explosive-laden vehicle into a checkpost in northwest Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, killing 11 security personnel and a child, the military said on Tuesday.

TTP claimed responsibility for the deadly suicide attack on the FC check post in the Bajaur district bordering Afghanistan. According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), "On February 16, a cowardly terrorist attack was attempted on security forces and law enforcement agencies' joint check post in Bajaur District by Khwarij belonging to Fitna al Khwarij". Fitna-al-Khawarij is a term that the state uses for the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).

The statement by ISPR added that 12 terrorists were elim...