A bulletproof vehicle carrying local staff working for a United Nations development agency came under fire in a volatile area of northwest Pakistan, officials said, but no one was injured.
DERA ISMAIKHAN, Pakistan — Unidentified gunmen opened fire on a bulletproof vehicle carrying local staff working for a United Nations development agency in a volatile area of northwestern Pakistan bordering Afghanistan on Tuesday, police said, but no one was injured.
The attack on the UN Office for Project Services vehicle took place in Khyber province’s Dera Ismail Khan district, said Abdul Salam, the district police chief there.
He said all passengers in the vehicle were safe.
Salam said police have launched a manhunt to trace and arrest those involved in the attack.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility, and the Pakistani Taliban said in a statement that they were not behind the attack.
Pakistan has seen a surge in militant attacks in recent years, mainly in the northwest.
Officials have blamed the Pakistani Taliban for similar previous attacks on security forces and civilians.
The insurgents, known as the Pakistani-Taliban Movement (TTP), are a separate but allied group of the Afghan Taliban, which has been gaining momentum since the latter seized power in Afghanistan in 2021.
