KARAK (KP): Militants have attacked the Federal Constabulary (FC) fort in the Dargah Shaheedan area here on Monday (23rd Feb, 2026).
The attack has claimed lives of three FC personnel. According to details at first the militants carried out an attack by means of a quadcopter and detonated four IEDs that caused injuries.
When five injured soldiers of FC were being transported to a nearby medical facility by means of two ambulances, militants attacked again. As a result three FC personnel were killed.
The militants set one of the ambulances on fire after heavy shooting. Due to the incendie, six (including 2 rescue workers) got burnt gravely.
Terrorists have been incessantly attacking the military as well as civil targets for quite a long time. The security forces too retaliate without respite. For instance: Security Forces neutralised six militants during an IBO carried out here on Friday (21st Feb 2025).
On 13th Feb thirteen militants were killed in five separate IBOs carried out in KP. On 15th Feb fifteen terrorists were neutralised. Thirty terrorists had been neutralized by the security forces during an IBO carried out in the Sararogha area of South Waziristan district on 17th February. The security forces engaged the militants at their location that led to a gun battle. Security personnel is in the process of sanitising the terrain in order to clear it of any terrorist lurking there.
Citoyens of the provinces of KP and Balochistan are constantly facing such attacks on daily basis. The LEA’s too incessantly retaliate. For instance, Counter Terrorism Department of Kohat and Karak Police had neutralised four militants in two operations carried out on 13th/14th Nov, 2025.
According to details the militants neutralised on Thursday night were identified as Muhammad Qasim, Shahid and Sahir alias Pata, who were involved in 17th Sept ambush on security barrier that claimed life of Constable Younis. Militant Sahir was also involved in shooting down Constable Bahadur during 6th Oct. attack on a police check post in Tor Chappar.
Sources have informed that Station House Officer was shot at while patrolling at 1.22 AM. In the ensuing exchange of fire three militants were neutralised. Another militant was gunned down by CTD in the Banda Daud Shah area of Karak District on 13th November. The law enforcers were conducting an operation when militants opened fire at them.
Newspakistan.tv
Sania Jamali is based in Dubai and writes on National Politics of the region.
