A series of coordinated militant attacks across Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province claimed the lives of five police officers and left eight others injured, according to multiple reports.

In Peshawar’s Hassan Khel area, militants launched an assault on a police station and two security checkpoints, killing one constable and injuring another. In Upper Dir, a Quick Response Force vehicle was ambushed with heavy gunfire, resulting in the deaths of three policemen and injuries to eight others. The injured were transported to the District Headquarters Hospital, while security forces initiated a large-scale search operation in the area.

Another constable was killed in separate attacks targeting police checkpoints in the Maidan, Lajbok, and Shadas areas of Lower Dir. In Khyber district, armed militants attacked a joint Frontier Corps-police post at Sakhi Pul but were repelled by return fire.

Additional militant strikes were reported in Nasir Bagh and Mattani in Peshawar, both of which were successfully thwarted without casualties. Similarly, in Bannu, militants targeted the Mazangha checkpoint under the Hovid Police Station limits, while a grenade attack on the Tarlandi checkpoint in Charsadda failed to cause injuries or damage.

Following these incidents, security was tightened across all police stations and checkpoints in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, with law enforcement personnel placed on high alert. Provincial Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur strongly condemned the attacks, labeling them cowardly acts, and reiterated the government’s determination to combat militancy in the region.