Most attacks have taken place in the southern districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The latest incident this year occurred in Lakki Marwat two weeks ago, when a DSP and three other police officers were killed after their armoured personnel carrier was damaged by a roadside improvised explosive de
At around 1 am, the terrorists attacked Saddar police station with modern and heavy weapons. The police personnel, who were already on alert, responded with retaliatory fire due to which the terrorists escaped in the darkness of the night.
Lakki Marwat deputy commissioner Abdul Hadi and Bannu deputy commissioner Manzoor Afridi on Saturday imposed a ban on the assembly of more than five people in their respective districts for five days, Dawn reported.
According to the spokesperson for the district police, the police van came under attack in the Kot-Azam area of Tank district while it was returning from a village.
The militant group 'Ittehadul Mujahideen-i-Khurasan' had left a dagger and a handwritten chit in Pashto language along the body, carrying a message that Raheedullah was found guilty of spying for army and counter-terrorism department, Dawn reported.
The prime target of the attacks remained police and security forces in North and South Waziristan, Bannu, Lakki Marwat, Dera Ismail Khan districts of the DIK and Bannu division, The News International newspaper reported.
In its annual report, the Centre for Research and Security Studies (CRSS) said Pakistan security forces lost at least 282 personnel during 2022 in attacks that included IED ambushes, suicide attacks, and raids on security posts, mostly in the Pakistan-Afghan border regions.
A police checkpoint in Shahbazkhel town of the Lakki Marwat district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa was attacked by terrorists, resulting in the death of a police constable and a terrorist, the Dawn reported on Monday.