A terrorist attack at Lachi Toll Plaza on the Kohat Indus Highway claimed the lives of at least four persons, including three police officers, according to a Geo News report on Wednesday.
Initial reports state that four terrorists, including three police officers, were killed in an attack on the Lachi Toll Plaza and security checkpost by more than ten of them.
To find the terrorists, the Pakistan Army and large police contingents blocked off the whole region and began a search and rescue mission.
It is thought that terrorists have taken refuge in the neighboring mountainous region. Police sources told us that the terrorists will be taken into custody as part of the current search and rescue mission.
At least five police officers stationed in Mamund tehsil of Bajaur district to safeguard polio vaccination workers were killed earlier this week by a roadside bomb.
Since the Taliban retook control of Afghanistan in 2021, there has been a sharp increase in attacks on Pakistani provinces bordering that country.
Islamabad asserts that Kabul provides sanctuary to extremist groups with ties to the TTP, enabling them to launch attacks on its territory without repercussions.
The areas most impacted by terrorism include Peshawar, Khyber, Bajaur, and Tank; places touched by terror include Dera Ismail Khan, North Waziristan, and South Waziristan, according to figures released by the Department of Interior and Tribal Affairs KP.
A total of 1,050 terrorist attacks occurred in KP last year, according to documents from the Home and Tribal areas. Of those, 419 occurred in the organized districts, 631 in the
