An ambulance was transporting the injured personnel after terrorists attacked an FC fort
Ambulance carrying injured FC personnel came under terrorist attack in Karak district of KP on February 23, 2026. Photo: Express
PESHAWAR:
Three Federal Constabulary (FC) personnel were martyred on Monday after terrorists attacked a fort in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s Karak district, according to police.
Karak District Officer of Police (DPO) Saud Khan said terrorists belonging to the outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), referred to as “Fitna al-Khawarij”, targeted an FC fort near the Dargah Shaheedan area of Bahadar Khel, within the jurisdiction of Khurram Muhammad Zai police station, with a drone strike.
“The injured personnel were taken to the hospital when terrorists launched another attack on the ambulances en route,” the DPO said, adding that three persons were martyred in the attack and the attackers set fire to the ambulances with the injured inside.
He said the assailants also targeted Rescue 1122 personnel during the incident, adding that injured rescue officials were taken to Khalifa Gul Nawaz Hospital in Bannu for medical treatment.
DPO Khan said security forces launched a search operation in the area after the attacks and had since cleared the area.
KP has seen a rise in terrorist activities with two Pakistani security personnel, including Lt Col Shahzada Gul Faraz and Sepoy Karamat Shah, martyred on Saturday during an anti-terrorist operation in Bannu district.
A day after, two terrorists, including a detained commander, were killed when the outlaws attacked a Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) vehicle in an attempt to free their boss in Bannu district.
Inter-Services Public Relations Lt. Gen. Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry earlier said that 80 percent of all terrorist incidents in the country had occurred in KP. He had attributed the trend to what he described as a ‘politically permissive environment’ for terrorists and a burgeoning ‘nexus between political and terrorist elements’ in the province.
