A brazen daylight attack in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Kohat district has shattered calm, claiming seven police lives in a focused hit on a DSP’s vehicle. Assailants struck on Shakardara Road, their firepower overwhelming the convoy in seconds.
Dawn cited sources confirming the DSP as the prime objective, dying alongside guards amid the onslaught. Four additional casualties pushed the toll higher, galvanizing a regional manhunt with elite units scouring hideouts.
Kundi, the provincial governor, decried the barbarity as terrorism, dedicating words of tribute and support to victims’ kin. He underscored police resilience amid southern KP’s lawlessness spiral.
CRSS statistics paint a dire escalation: violence fatalities leaped 44% to 2,331 in 2025 from 2024’s 1,620. Context abounds in recent horrors – Karak’s drone-then-ambush sequence killed FC troops, gutted a rescue rig, and hurt medics.
Bajaur’s checkpoint carnage last week mirrored the ferocity, downing 11 personnel plus a girl. Analysts warn of coordinated militant pushes testing state authority.
This wave demands recalibrated strategies: enhanced surveillance, community intel, and fortified outposts. Pakistan honors its fallen shields, steeling for the battles ahead in this unforgiving frontier.