ISLAMABAD: At least two security personnel lost their lives in an attack on a security check post in Hangu district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, official sources said on Monday.
The Sunday night attack at a Frontier Constabulary (FC) post in Torawarai area also injured 11 others who were shifted to a military hospital for treatment, however, an official statement about the incident is yet to be given. The outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the attack whose martyrs were namely Naik Sadiq Hussain and sepoy Abdul Ghaffar.
Meanwhile, in a joint CTD and police operation, 10 TTP militants were killed in Dir, KP, according to security sources. The authorities claimed that Afghan citizenship cards and Afghan militia ID cards were also recovered from those killed.
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On July 19, the banned TTP had also claimed responsibility for a firing incident in Hangu which left three law enforcement officers injured. The clash had taken place in the Shanaori Zargari area, where security forces engaged with militants.
Bajaur residents asked to return
In another development, local administration in Bajaur has asked displaced people to return to several places in the district. As per an announcement said the areas namely, Sairai Malan, Sairey Miangan, Landai Kalan, Bilal Masjid Tarkho and Shamshirgar Qala Tarkho, have been cleared following declaration of curfew owing to the operation to clear militants in the region: “People of these areas could return and live in a peaceful environment.”
Thousands of people had left areas due to a targeted operation against the militants in Mamond area.
Earlier, a grand Jirga of Salarzai elders in Bajaur on August 23, vowed strict action against anyone facilitating militants, declaring that offenders would face expulsion, heavy fines, demolition of houses, and social boycott. The assembly, attended by all Salarzai tribes, aimed to protect their region from militant infiltration amid ongoing security operations against the banned TTP. Elders also imposed a ban on unnecessary night-time movement, pledged collective response to threats, and announced the deployment of guards. Participants demanded a Supreme Court–led probe into military operations in tribal districts since 2002 and the production of all detained locals before the people.