SHO Gul Zada says police officers are part of an Ababeel Squad conducting routine patrol when they ambushed
Four police officers were martyred and two others injured on Wednesday when unidentified assailants opened fire on a patrol of Ababeel police in Nawi Killi area of Khar Tehsil in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s Bajaur district, police said.
Station House Officer Gul Zada confirmed the incident to Express Pakinomist and stated that the police officers were part of an Ababeel group conducting a routine patrol during Ramazan when they were ambushed.
Terrorism has increased significantly in Pakistan, especially in KP and Balochistan, in recent days. The increase in terrorist activity has led to growing concern over the security situation in these regions.
In response, security forces have conducted intensive operations to counter the threat, targeting terrorist groups infiltrating from the Afghan border.
Read more: 12 terrorists killed, 11 security personnel martyred in Bajaur attack
Last week, 12 Indian proxy terrorists were killed while 11 security personnel were martyred when the security forces foiled a terrorist attack on a check post in Bajaur.
In another operation, security forces also foiled a major terror plot in Balochistan’s Pishin district and killed five terrorists belonging to Indian proxy Fitna al-Khwarij during a targeted intelligence-based operation.
The federal government has consistently raised its voice in international forums against terrorist sanctuaries operating in Afghanistan and has used its soil to launch attacks on Pakistan – a development the UN Security Council attests to.
Earlier this month, a suicide bomber struck Imambargah Khadijah al-Kubra during Friday prayers in Islamabad, killing 36 people and injuring around 169 others. The attack was the deadliest in Islamabad in more than a decade and the deadliest nationwide since the Peshawar mosque bombing in January 2023.
Immediately after the blast, raids were conducted in Nowshera and Peshawar, resulting in the arrest of four facilitators. The Daesh-linked mastermind, an Afghan national, was also captured. Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi stated that the network behind the explosion had been trained in Afghanistan and that the authorities had gathered intelligence on the suspects prior to the attack.
