At least five people, including four Levies personnel, were killed when their vehicle was attacked in Dera Ismail Khan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Assistant Commissioner Daraban stated that the Levies team was ambushed while traveling to recover a stolen vehicle in tehsil Daraban. A private driver accompanying the officers was also killed in the attack.
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The bodies of the deceased were transferred to Daraban Hospital. Security forces have launched an investigation, but no group has claimed responsibility yet.
Pakistan’s security forces have been carrying out extensive counterterrorism operations, especially in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan, areas bordering Afghanistan.
On Saturday, the military’s media wing, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), reported that 23 militants were killed in separate operations in Balochistan. The operations also resulted in the deaths of 18 Frontier Corps (FC) soldiers in Mangocher while attempting to clear militant roadblocks.
Reacting to the Balochistan operations, Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Syed Asim Munir reaffirmed Pakistan’s determination to eliminate terrorist groups, labeling them as “proxies of foreign masters.”
“Those who act as terrorist proxies and disguise themselves as friends are well known to us,” Munir stated during his visit to Balochistan.
