- A suicide bomber was among killed terrorists, premises of police training centre cleared with a search operation in surroundings underway
DERA ISMAIL KHAN: At least three terrorists, including a suicide bomber, were killed in retaliatory fire by police forces after an attack on a police training centre in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Dera Ismail Khan was repulsed on Friday night.
DI Khan District Police Officer (DPO) Sajjad Ahmed Sahibzada confirmed that three terrorists were killed by police forces, adding that a large contingent of security forces reached the scene and cordoned off the area.
He said that the training centre premises were cleared and all terrorists involved in the attack were killed.
A search operation, led by DPO Sahibzada, was also conducted in the surrounding areas to ensure no other terrorists were present.
A large contingent of security forces reached the incident site soon after the attack commenced and cordoned off the area. Earlier, there were reports of a loud explosion in the vicinity of the police facility.
Earlier, DI Khan Police Public Relations Officer (PRO) Yaqoob Khan that a “suicide bomber and two terrorists have been killed.”
The attack coincided with the killing of 30 terrorists involved in this week’s deadly Orakzai incident — which claimed the lives of 11 security personnel, including two officers—who were killed in a “retribution operation,” the military’s media wing said on Friday.
According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), “security forces have been conducting a series of targeted retribution operations against the kharijis responsible for the October 7 Orakzai attack, in which Lieutenant Colonel Junaid Tariq and Major Tayyab Rahat embraced martyrdom.”
The ISPR said that during an operation conducted on credible intelligence in the Jamal Maya area of Orakzai, “all 30 India-sponsored khawarij involved in the terrorist incident have been sent to hell after an intense exchange of fire.”
Pakistan has witnessed an alarming surge in terrorist attacks, especially in KP and Balochistan, predominantly targeting the police, law enforcement agencies’ personnel, and security forces. Attacks increased after the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan broke a ceasefire agreement with the government in 2022.
A senior army officer was martyred during an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in the district a day ago. A cop was martyred in the district after a police checkpoint came under attack from multiple sides by terrorists late on Wednesday.
Recently, multiple areas of KP—including Bannu, Peshawar, Karak, Lakki Marwat, and Bajaur—have seen a series of terrorist attacks, particularly targeting police personnel.
Last month, 13 terrorists were killed during an IBO in the district’s Daraban area.
According to reports compiled by the Pakistan Institute for Conflict and Security Studies and the Centre for Research and Security Studies, KP remained the most terrorism-affected province last month but also witnessed intensified counterterrorism actions. The province reported 45 attacks that killed 54 people and injured 49.
