Eleven people were killed in a suicide car bombing at a security post in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan, officials confirmed Wednesday.

The attack, one of the deadliest in recent months, happened Tuesday evening in Bannu district.

A breakaway faction of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), known as the Hafiz Gul Bahadur group, claimed responsibility for the attack.

Tuesday's attack happened in Bannu while the country's political and military leadership were meeting in Islamabad to discuss ways to respond to the surge in militant violence.

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday approved a “comprehensive military operation” against separatist groups, including the Baluchistan Liberation Army, in southwestern Baluchistan province.

The order came following a Nov. 9 suicide attack by the group at a train station that killed 26 people in Quetta, the capital of the province.

The newly appointed ambassador of Uzbekistan, Oibek Usmanov, presented a copy of his credentials to Afghanistan’s acting Minister of Foreign Affairs Amir Khan Muttaqi in Kabul on Wednesday.

Muttaqi Usmanov and assured him that the ministry will fully cooperate with him on relevant matters.

The acting minister said Afghanistan and Uzbekistan now have operational embassies in each others’ countries, which is a sign of progress in bilateral relations.

He emphasized that practical steps should be taken in the field of major economic projects between the two countries.

Usmanov in turn said relations between the two countries are brotherly and promised to make efforts to further develop relations between the two countries during his mission.

The new ambassador also said the regular visits by delegations to each others’ countries was an example of the close relations that already exist.

No country has yet officially recognized the Islamic Emirate as the government of Afghanistan however, a number of regional countries have accepted and recognize IEA diplomatic missions.

The European Union (EU) on Wednesday, on the occasion of International Children's Day, said that it supports the children of Afghanistan.

The EU's representative in Kabul said in a post on X that children are the future of Afghanistan. The EU added it stands by them, and the mothers of the country.

The EU also stated it is committed to supporting the country's children through education, health care and protection programs.