BAJAUR: An explosion left no less than three policemen wounded after their car was struck by a bomb planted alongside the street in tehsil Khar of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Bajaur district on Saturday.
A station home officer (SHO) and different police officers remained secure within the incident, mentioned the deputy superintendent of police (DSP). He mentioned a search operation was launched towards the suspects within the Bhai Cheena space.
Police mentioned the wounded had been taken to the hospital for medical remedy.
The assault comes two days after an explosion at a police station on Thursday night time claimed the lives of two individuals, whereas a number of others remained injured in Swabi, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
District Police Officer (DPO) Swabi Haroon Rasheed had instructed reporters that the blast occurred within the police station’s warehouse room on the primary flooring, the place big amount of explosive materials recovered from the terrorists occasionally was saved.
The nation has been reeling below rising violent assaults for the reason that Taliban rulers returned to energy in Afghanistan in 2021, notably within the bordering provinces of KP and Balochistan.
The 2 most susceptible provinces noticed a pointy rise in lethal assaults final couple of months, in line with information from the Pak Institute for Peace Research (PIPS).
The digital database of safety incidents managed by the Islamabad-based think-tank recommended an alarming scenario because the variety of assaults jumped from 38 in July to 59 in August.
These incidents included 29 assaults in KP, 28 in Balochistan, and two in Punjab. In the meantime, KP witnessed 25 casualties within the 29 terrorist assaults throughout August.
To deal with the menace of accelerating terrorism within the nation, the federal cupboard had accredited Operation Azm-e-Istehkam in June this yr. The operation is a reinvigorated nationwide counter-terrorism marketing campaign following the Central Apex Committee’s suggestions below the Nationwide Motion Plan to root out terrorism.
