At least four application personnel were injured in an alleged attack of improvised explosive device (FDI) near the Bani Mara de Peshawar area on Thursday, police said.
Peshawar Capital City Police officer (CCPO), Dr. Mian Saeed, confirmed these details for Dawn.comadding that the police were attacked in the incident. “The initial investigation shows that the device that caused the explosion was planted on the route of a police mobile,” he added.
The CCPO added that the condition of one of the injured was serious. Rescue services transferred the injured to a nearby medical center after the attack.
After the explosion, a great contingent of security forces reached the site of the incident and cordoned off the area.
Separately, said the main police investigation of the city Dawn.com that the law agents were investigating the incident and evidence of the explosion site was being collected.
Two reports, issued by the Institute of Conflict and Security Studies of Pakistan (PETS) and the Center for Research and Security Studies (CRSS), on militant violence in the country during the past month, declared that the first three quarters of 2025 saw almost as much violence as witnessed in all 2024.
According to PICSS, militant violence decreased significantly in September 2025, with the number of attacks and the militant capacity that shows a strong decrease compared to the record levels observed in August. The PICSS militancy database registered 69 militant attacks in September, a reduction of 52 percent of August 143. These August 27.
The deaths included 61 security personnel, 20 militants and 54 civilians. Among the injured were 74 security personnel and 99 civilians. Compared to August, the number of martyred security personnel decreased by 16 percent, militant deaths of 66pc and civil deaths for 17 percent, which reflects a remarkable decrease in lethality.
KP remained the most affected province, but he also witnessed intensified actions of anti -terrorism. The province reported 45 attacks that killed 54 people and injured 49.
According to the CRSS report, Pakistan witnessed an increase of more than 46 % in general violence in their security scene for the third quarter of 2025, with at least 901 deaths and 599 injuries, among civilians, security and outlaven staff, resulting from 329 incidents of violence.
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