- Four police officers injured, eight civilians injured by explosion.
- Explosives planted near supermarket gate in busy area.
- The incident takes place in the midst of Op Ghazab lil-Haq targeting militants.
SOUTH WAZIRISTAN: At least two policemen were martyred and four others were injured after a bomb blast in Rustam Bazaar in Wana town of South Waziristan district on Saturday.
Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Asghar Ali Shah told the media that the bomb blast also injured eight civilians in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa tribal district.
He added that the explosive had been planted near the gate of a supermarket in a busy area.
This incident happened amidst the ongoing Operation Ghazab lil-Haq launched by the Pakistan Armed Forces in border areas along and inside Afghanistan against terrorist elements supported by the Afghan Taliban regime.
Operation Ghazab lil-Haq
Since the Taliban regained control of Afghanistan in 2021, Pakistan has seen an increase in cross-border terrorist activity, particularly in the provinces of KP and Balochistan, which share a border with Afghanistan.
Amid the rising terror incidents, Pakistan launched “Operation Ghazab lil-Haq” last month, in which at least 527 Afghan Taliban fighters have been killed in Pakistan’s attacks so far.
More than 755 Afghan Taliban fighters have been wounded, while 237 checkpoints have been destroyed, 38 have been captured, along with the destruction of 205 tanks, armored vehicles and artillery guns, Information Minister Attaullah Tarar confirmed on Friday.
Prior to the operation, Pakistan had also targeted seven terrorist camps and hideouts belonging to Fitna al Khawarij, its affiliates and Daesh-Khorasan along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in response to recent suicide attacks.
The airstrikes were carried out in Nangarhar, Paktika and Khost provinces of Afghanistan, the security sources said, adding that more than 80 militants were killed in the airstrikes.
Back in October 2025, the two countries were also involved in border clashes after the Afghan Taliban and militants launched unprovoked attacks on Pakistan’s border posts.
The resulting clashes led to the killing of over 200 Taliban and associated militants, while 23 Pakistani soldiers were martyred defending the motherland.
Despite many rounds of negotiations, however, both countries failed to reach an agreement due to the reluctance of the Afghan Taliban regime to take action against terrorist equipment.
