UPPER DIR/KOHAT/BAJAUR/MOHMAND:
UPPER DIR/KOHAT/BAJAUR/MOHMAND
At least five law enforcers were martyred and seven others injured in a series of terrorist attacks in different tribal districts of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) on Saturday, local officials and sources said, adding that three terrorists were also eliminated in retaliatory operations.
Terrorists belonging to the outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) — which is officially designated as Fitna al-Khwarij — launched a brazen attack on a security outpost in the Soni Darra area of Upper Dir district near the Pakistan-Afghan border on the night between Friday and Saturday.
The assault left three border guards — Naik Gulfam, Sepoy Awwal Khan, and Sepoy Shakeel Marwat — martyred, while three others, Sepoy Masood Akhtar, Adil Muhammad, and Usman Muhammad, sustained injuries, local officials confirmed to The Express Tribune.
They added that the terrorists initially overran the outpost. However, upon receiving reinforcements, forces, aided by a legion of local tribesmen, retaliated and managed to reclaim the post, forcing the attackers to flee.
Following the deadly assault, a grand jirga of Sultan Khel and Painda Khel tribal elders was convened, where participants vowed to protect Dir’s peace, resist displacement, and support targeted action against terrorists.
Elsewhere, terrorists attacked policemen in the limits of Lachi police station, Kohat, killing Assistant Sub-Inspector Ashfaq and injuring two constables. Police responded with a successful operation, during which three terrorists were killed while they were on the run in the rugged mountainous terrain.
Meanwhile in Bajaur tribal district, terrorists dropped explosives on Loi Mamond police station with a quadcopter, injuring ASI Muhammad Habib and a local resident, Najeebullah. Both were shifted to the District Headquarters Hospital in Khar.
A separate incident occurred Friday night in the same tehsil’s Gohati area, where a mortar shell hit a house, killing one man, Shakirullah, and injuring another, Niaz Muhammad.
On Saturday morning, clashes broke out between terrorists and police in Dweizai, Pandialai Tehsil of Mohmand district, resulting in injuries to two Elite Force personnel. During the transfer to the hospital, Constable Arif succumbed to his wounds.
