Two Federal Constabulary (FC) personnel were shot and killed by unknown attackers in the Kuram Garhi area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The incident occurred while the officers were shopping at a local market, and the assailants, arriving on a motorcycle, managed to escape after the attack. Both deceased officers were part of the FC Daryoba MI platoon, as reported by Pakistan’s leading daily Dawn.
Security forces swiftly cordoned off the area and initiated a search operation to apprehend the attackers following the shooting. Additional police personnel were deployed to bolster security in the vicinity. On April 18, unidentified assailants destroyed the Shamuzai police post in the Township police station’s jurisdiction by setting off explosives. The building, vacant since 2022, was completely destroyed in the explosion, with no casualties reported.
Law enforcement agencies have been facing a series of attacks in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, including areas like Bannu, Lakki Marwat, and Bajaur in recent months. The region witnessed an escalation in violence last year, with fatalities increasing from 1,620 in 2024 to 2,331 in 2025, according to the Annual Security Report 2025 by the Centre for Research and Security Studies (CRSS).
In another incident on April 7, at least five police personnel sustained injuries in an explosion in the Shahbazkhel town of Lakki Marwat district. The attack, attributed to ‘Fitna-al-Khawarij,’ targeted the Bannu-Dera Ismail Khan section of the Peshawar-Karachi Indus Highway. The term ‘Fitna al Khawarij’ is used in Pakistan for terrorists associated with the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), as per Dawn.
The explosion, caused by an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) placed on a motorcycle along the road, resulted in injuries to one Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) and four constables. The police van they were patrolling in sustained damage from the blast, and the injured personnel were promptly taken to the District Headquarters Hospital for medical treatment.
