The blast ​at the crowded Naurang Bazar caused panic on the streets as ⁠people rushed to help the wounded and emergency vehicles raced to the site. Visuals ​from the scene showed damaged shopfronts and a mangled vehicle.

The explosion follows a car bombing and ​ambush at a police post in the nearby Bannu district on Saturday that killed 15 police officers.

Pakistan blamed Afghanistan-based militants for the weekend attack and delivered a strong protest to Kabul. The Afghan Taliban government ​said on Tuesday that the allegations were "baseless".