BANNU (KP): Unidentified militants, riding a motorcycle, opened fire at ARY News correspondent Ihsan Khattak here on 12th Feb, 2026.
Ihsan Khattak, past president of Bannu Press Club, informed that a report apropos surveillance by dubious motorcyclists was submitted at Saddar PS. Maintaining that he did not happen to harbour any animosity, Khattak informed that he had been receiving threatening phone calls from Afghan numbers.
In Dogar Umarzai area here, 50 Militants kidnapped a cop named Qadeer, associated with safety of CPEC, and set his house on fire.
Militants have been incessantly attacking the members of LEAs as well as civilian targets particularly in KP and Balochistan for quite some time. Security forces too deep on retaliate to contain the menace of terrorism. For instance, Police and security forces had neutralised three militants and injured several others during operations carried out in the mountainous terrain of Akbar Ali Khan Village, Asparka and Domel here on 29th January, 2026.
3 militants had been neutralised during an IBO carried out here on 25th Jan, 2026. According to details during the conduct of IBO, militants opened fire at security forces. Following an exchange of fire three terrorists were gunned down, including local commander Farooq alias Soro. Weapons, ammunition and explosives were recovered from the neutralised miscreants.
Five people lost their lives, while ten others got wounded when a suicide bomber carried out an attack by detonating an IED near Qureshi Morr at the residence of Noor Alam Mehsud, peace committee chief, in Dera Ismail Khan on 23rd Jan, 2026 night. According to details, due to the explosion, that occurred during a wedding celebration at Noor Alam Mehsud’s house, roof of a room (where the invitees were dancing) collapsed.
Security forces carried out an IOB, neutralized 14 militants, and injured 20 others, in the Zehri area of Khuzdar on 4th Oct, 2025, neutralised 7 militants during a shootout that took place during an IBO carried out on 3rd October. Weapons, ammunition and explosives were also recovered from the possession of the slain militants of proscribed TTP. It has been calculated that 96 percent of terrorist activities are carried out in KP/Balochistan by militants who cross the porous Pak-Afghan borders.
The first IBO was carried out in Dera Ismail Khan. During the exchange of fire four militants were gunned down. The second IBO, that claimed lives of 5 Militants was conducted in Bannu. Weapons and ammunition was recovered from the killed Militants who had been carrying out acts of terrorism in the region.
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Sania Jamali is based in Dubai and writes on National Politics of the region.
