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A suicide bomber killed 13 people and wounded 22 others near a police station in northern Pakistan’s Swat district on Sunday.
The attacker detonated an explosive vest at a busy intersection during a civil society protest after officers stopped him at the station’s main gate.
Four police officers were among the dead, and authorities report seven of the injured remain in critical condition.
The bombing occurred in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, where Pakistani forces face a rising insurgency by the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).
A separate TTP-claimed roadside bomb wounded four police officers in Peshawar on Sunday.
Military officials confirmed Friday that militant attacks and counter-operations have killed 819 security personnel and civilians this year.
Pakistan accuses militants of operating from Afghanistan, a charge the Taliban government in Kabul denies.
Border tensions have escalated into military strikes, with recent Pakistani air raids on eastern Afghanistan drawing UN condemnation following reports of dozens of civilian casualties.
