PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Bomb-making material allegedly stored at a compound by Pakistani Taliban fighters exploded on Monday in the country’s restive northwest, killing at least 24 people, including militants and civilians, police said.

The blast occurred in the Tirah Valley of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province and destroyed several nearby homes.

Local police officer Zafar Khan said at least 10 civilians, including women and children, were killed, along with at least 14 militants.

Khan alleged that two local Pakistani Taliban commanders, Aman Gul and Masood Khan, had established hideouts in the compound, which was being used as a factory for producing roadside bombs. He accused the militants of using civilians as human shields and said they had recently stored weapons in mosques in other di

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