At least five people, including four caricatures, were martyred when their vehicle was attacked in the district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the Dera Ismail Khan district, Express News reported on Sunday.
According to assistant commissioner Daraban, the surveys team was caught in ambush while on the road to recover a vehicle stolen from Tehsil Daraban. A private driver accompanying the officers was also killed in the attack.
The bodies of the killed personnel and the driver were transferred to the Daraban hospital. The security forces have launched an investigation, but no group has yet claimed the responsibility of the attack.
Pakistan security forces have carried out widespread terrorism -to -terrorism operations, especially in KP and Balutchistan, which borders Afghanistan.
On Saturday, the army media wing, inter-service public relations (ISPR), reported that 23 activists had been killed in distinct operations in Balutchistan. The operations also claimed the lives of 18 soldiers from the body frontier (FC) to Mangocher during an attempt to release militant roadblocks.
Reacting to the operations of Balutchistan, the general staff of the army (COAS), Syed Asim Munir, reaffirmed Pakistan’s commitment to eliminate terrorist groups, calling them “of foreign masters’ proxies”.
“Those who act as terrorist proxies and disguise themselves as friends are well known to us,” said a visit to Balutchistan.
