On 8 November 2006, a suicide bombing took place at Punjab Regiment Center in Dargai, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan that targeted Pak army.

[1][2][3][4] At around 08:40 (UTC + 05:00), when 130 recruits of Punjab Regiment were preparing for parade, a short bearded suicide bomber wearing cloak shouted "Allah hu Akbar" (God is Great) and blew himself up killing 38 and wounding 22 people at the spot, out of whom, 2 died later rosing the death toll to 40.

The caller said the suicide bombing had been carried out by a group led by a hitherto unknown figure Abu Kalim Muhammad Ansari and claimed that it had another 274 volunteers ready to sacrifice their lives.

Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Ali Muhammad Jan Orakzai strongly condemned the suicide attack, describing it a "heinous act of cowardice".

[7] The attack caused the Prince of Wales (now Charles III) and his wife, the Duchess of Cornwall (now Queen Camilla), to cancel a planned trip to Peshawar.