Early on Thursday, the gunmen dynamited the building of government Degree College for boys in the Jamrud town of the tribal district, tearing down the entire structure.
No causalities have been reported from the attack as no one was present in the building at the time of the blast.
So far, no group or individual has claimed responsibility for the explosion. However, Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants are the main suspects in such incidents.
Over the past several years, the TTP militants have destroyed hundreds of schools, especially in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in the north, which was previously known as North-West Frontier province.
In three separate incidents during Thursday and Wednesday, unidentified attackers also exploded at least three state-run girls’ schools in Khyber Agency in northwestern Pakistan.
The TTP has banned female education in northwestern Pakistan in a move that has affected thousands of girls there and caused the number of enrolments to drop dramatically.
The group warns parents against sending their daughters to schools, describing education as ‘unnecessary’ or ‘harmful’ for girls.
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