A suicide bomber rammed an explosive-laden vehicle into the Boya battalion headquarters in Boya village, North Waziristan, Pakistan, near sunrise on December 19, 2025, causing a powerful explosion heard locally, according to an update from The Khorasan Diary. Security officials told The Khorasan Diary that the military headquarters was targeted by the suicide bombing, followed by extensive gunfire during an infiltration attempt, as stated in a post shared over the past hour. The Aswad-ul-Harab suicide bombing squad, affiliated with the Hafiz Gul Bahadar group, claimed responsibility for the attack earlier on December 19 between 1:46 a.m. and 4:46 a.m. UTC, according to The Khorasan Diary citing security sources. This incident at the battalion headquarters was followed by a separate suicide blast at the Boiya security check post on the Datta Khel–Miranshah road between 4:46 a.m. and 5:15 a.m. UTC, with police reaching the site to investigate, as reported by Jawad Yousuf on X.
