- Police thwarted a pomegranate attack on the Peshawar checkpoint.
- Residents helped the police counter Abbas Khatak’s attack.
- The security forces intensify operations against activists in KP.
Peshawar: Police managed to repel several terrorist attacks on police stations and control posts through Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, thwarting activists attempts in various districts in the last two nights.
According to the central police office, terrorist attacks have been reported to Bannu, Karak, Dera Ismail Khan, Tank and Peshawar, where the police were courageously at the attack.
The security forces have also carried out operations, destroying a Tehreek-E-Taliban (TTP) outlaw camp and temporary hiding places in the mountainous region between Lakki Marwat, Karak and Mianwali.
In Peshawar, the unidentified attackers launched a hand grenade at the Regi police control station. However, no victim has been reported and a research operation was launched to find the authors.
Meanwhile, in Lakki Marwat, terrorists targeted the Gambila police station in two directions, but the rapid response force (QRF) quickly retaliated to force the attackers to flee.
The fire exchange lasted 15 minutes, forcing the terrorists to flee without causing victims, said Lakki Marwat Dpo Jawwad Ishaq.
In the bypass of Khyber in Jamrud, the activists attacked a security checkpoint Bara Rifles, but the security personnel postponed the assault. Two security personnel were injured during the fire and a research operation was launched in the region.
Meanwhile, in counter-terrorist operations, the police killed two terrorists in Lakki Marwat and Karak. After being postponed, activists attacked the Abbas Khatak checkpoint.
In Tank, the police killed a terrorist and injured several others in retaliation after an attack on the Nasran control station. In Karak, the security forces eliminated terrorist commander Kashif Shakar Khel, linked to the Kaleemullah group.
According to the central police office, a courageous and devoted Asi, Noor Salam, was martyred by an elite shooter during an operation in Karak.
The authorities have intensified research operations in the affected areas to apprehend the remaining activists.
Anti-terrorist ops and militant attacks against the context of a notable increase in violence that saw the country become the second country most affected by terrorism in 2024, according to a global report on terrorism in 2025.
Pakistan – placed in the second place from its fourth position previously – saw an alarming increase of 45% of deaths linked to terrorism with the total increase from 748 in 2023 to 1,081 in 2024 – one of the most steep overvoltages in the world.
Meanwhile, in the aftermath of the painful attack last week against the Jaffar Express in Balutchistan, which led to dozens of victims, in particular that of the security forces, the government has the president of the National Assembly Ayaz Sadiq summoned on March 18 of the Parliamentary Committee for National Security (PCN).
During the meeting which should take place at 1:30 p.m. tomorrow, the military management will provide a complete briefing to the parliamentary committee on the security situation in force.
It should be noted that KP and Balutchistan, which both share borders with neighboring Afghanistan, have faced the weight of terrorist attacks in recent months.