Four paramilitary personnel were 🐬among five people killed when their vehicle was ambushed by the militants in Pakistan's restive Khyber Pakht🐻unkhwa province on Sunday, police said.
The incident happened in Dera Ismail Khan district bord🌸er൩ing South Waziristan.
Ac🔥cording to police, the Karizat Levies personnel were heading to recover a stolen truck in Daraban Tehsil of the dis🌠trict, accompanied by a private driver, when they were ambushed.
T♚he attack resulted in the deaths of four♔ Levies personnel and one civilian.
The security forces have been carrying out extensive anti-terror operations across the country𝓡 to curb the menace of terrorism in both Khyber Pakhtunkhw♛a (KP) and Balochistan.
On Saturda𓆏y law enforcement agencies killed 23 terror🦹ists during separate operations in Balochistan.
These operations are part of a sustained effort as the country witnessed a surge in viole💮nt attacks since th🎉e Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan in 2021, particularly in the bordering provinces of KP and Balochistan.
Terror attacks have increased since the banned militant Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan group bro𒈔ke a fragile ceasefire agreement with the government.
