A suicide bomber crashed an explosives-laden motorcycle rickshaw into a military vehicle in Sra Darga area of Bannu district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan, killing Lieutenant Colonel Shazada Gul and two other security officials between 11:45 AM and 1:45 PM UTC on February 21, 2026, according to official sources cited by Iftikhar Firdous on X. The commanding officer was exiting the mine-resistant ambush protected (MRAP) vehicle during an intelligence-based operation when the attack occurred, demonstrating military-level accuracy, as detailed in the X post by Iftikhar Firdous. The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) reiterated that terrorists are using Afghan soil to launch attacks inside Pakistan, violating the sanctity of the holy month of Ramazan, per Dawn.com. No further details on the attackers or immediate response were provided in the sources during this two-hour window. The incident follows the Pakistani government's shutdown of its national firewall earlier on February 21 at approximately 10:00 AM UTC, as previously reported.
