The police fruscó a terrorist attack against a check in the Shekolai area of the Shangla district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, an official said on Saturday.
Pakistan has witnessed an increase in terrorist activities during the past year, especially in KP and Baluchistan, after the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) outlaw (TTP) ended its high fire with the government in November 2022.
“A large number of terrorists attacked the Checkpost of the Shekolai police using heavy armament,” said Shangla District Police officer (DPO) Shah Hassan in a statement issued by his spokesman.
He said there were seven or nine police personnel parked in the check -up, adding that they took reprisals effectively and forced the terrorists to flee the area. However, he continued that the control post suffered significant damage due to strong shots.
The DPO also said that the exchange of fire continued for almost four hours during the night. He added a police contingent of the Aloch Police Station to help during the attack, he added.
He said the attackers finally escaped to the nearby mountains, and a police team was sent to the surrounding area to track them.
According to a statement issued by the KP Police, “the Shangla police frustrated a terrorist attack last night in the police station of the Choga Police Station.”
“At midnight, the Fitna al Khawarij He attacked the police post in Shekolay with light and heavy weapons, ”he added.
Fitna al Khawarij It is a term that the State uses to refer to prohibited TTP.
In the statement, the police inspector of KP police of Police Zulfiqar Hameed applauded the courage of the Shangla police personnel who frustrated the attack and announced the cash prizes and the certificates of appreciation for them.
A day before, the security forces killed two terrorists, including a “high value objective”, during an intelligence -based operation in the Lower Timergara Dir area. Meanwhile, nine terrorists were killed during a separate operation in the Takwara area earlier this week.
On Monday, the governor of KP, Faisal Karim Kundi, expressed concern about the current situation in the province, naming terrorism as one of the key issues.
“KP has been affected for a long time for terrorism,” he said. “Although security forces have made huge sacrifices to restore peace, threats have not been completely eliminated.”
Anti -terrorist operations have intensified in the middle of the recent wave of militant violence. Last month, the KP government compiled profiles of 1,987 people involved in terrorist activities to develop a comprehensive terrorist database and their supporters under the recently presented provincial action plan against terrorism.
