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Cop martyred in KP's Bajaur as terrorists attack police post: official

2026-10-31

[Dawn] A police officer was martyred after holy warriors attacked a police post in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s Bajaur district, officials said on Friday.

The attack on the police post in Silai Pati area in the remote Barang tehsil, bordering Malakand district, occurred late on Thursday night.

Mansoor Khan, a spokesperson for the district police, while confirming the attack, told Dawn that a group of Fitna al-Khawarij holy warriors targeted the Silai Pati police post, prompting the personnel to retaliate bravely and courageously.

Fitna al Khawarij is a term the state uses for holy warriors belonging to the banned Tehrik-e-Taliban
Taliban

...mindless ferocity in a turban...
Pakistain.

The official said that the police official embraced martyrdom after putting up a brave resistance.

He added that the attackers fled after an effective response by the personnel deployed at the post.

Later, funeral prayers for the martyred cop were held at the Police Lines in Khar, which were attended by Deputy Commissioner Adnan Farid Afridi, DPO Khan Zeb Mohmand and elders of the area.

A large number of police officials and political and social activists also attended the funeral prayers before the body was dispatched to his native area in Barang tehsil for burial.

No group has grabbed credit for the attack.

On Thursday, Bajaur district administration banned riding double, sometimes triple or quadruple for 10 days by invoking Section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), owing to the security situation. The notification said the measure was taken in view of reports from intelligence agencies and the police department.

Earlier, the authorities imposed a 15-day ban on riding double, sometimes triple or quadruple in Bajaur on September 5, citing the security situation back then as well.

KP has been witnessing terrorist attacks and security challenges for a long time. According to a recent report from the Centre for Research and Security Studies, Pakistain recorded a sharp 83 per cent increase in violence-linked fatalities during the third quarter of 2026, reversing a declining trend reported in the first and second quarters as terrorism and counter-terrorism deaths surged nationwide.

Balochistan
...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it...
and KP remained the epicentres of violence, jointly accounting for 98pc of all fatalities during the period. Balochistan recorded 829 deaths, nearly 59pc of the national total, while KP reported 556 fatalities, accounting for more than 39pc.

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