One Killed, Nine Injured In IED Blast In Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | World News

According to local media reports based on the police, at least one person was killed and nine others were injured as a result of an improvised explosive device (IED) explosion targeting a cement factory vehicle in the Lakki Marwat district of Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Monday.

Police stated that the explosion took place on Begukhel Road near Nawarkhel Mor. According to Pakistan-based Geo News, the police said that the name of the deceased was Fareedullah and that Mir Ahmad, Abdul Malik, Umar Khan, Masal Khan and Syed Jan were among the injured.

Rescue 1122 teams reached the scene after the explosion and took the injured to Lakki City Hospital.
The explosion occurred at a time when attacks targeting law enforcement personnel were increasing in Pakistan, especially in the border regions of Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

The attack came a day after four police officers were killed in two separate shooting attacks in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Lakki Marwat and Bannu districts.
Three police personnel were killed when unidentified assailants riding motorcycles opened fire on traffic police personnel in Sarai Naurang city of Lakki Marwat, according to a police spokesperson, Geo News reported. After the incident, the attackers fled the scene.

The identities of the deceased were stated as Traffic Police Officer Naurang Jalal Khan, Constable Azizullah and Constable Abdullah. The police launched a search operation in the area and launched an investigation.
Meanwhile, a police personnel was killed when unidentified gunmen opened fire in Mandan area of ​​Bannu. Police said Constable Rashid Khan was targeted while he was on his way from his home to Mandan Police Station for duty.

At least one person was killed and three others, including two police officers, were injured in an attack on a police station in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on January 3.
According to Pakistan’s leading daily newspaper Dawn, citing police and local people, the attack took place around 2 am at the police station in Barang tehsil in Bajaur district.

Speaking to Dawn, district police spokesperson Israr Khan identified the deceased as 60-year-old local Naseem Gul.
He added that two police personnel, Constable Suliman Khan (35), Constable Saz Muhammad (58) and school watchman Sahibzada (28), were among the injured. Khan also said that the militants carried out the attack with both heavy and light weapons.

Meanwhile, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has expressed deep concern over the security, law and order situation in the country’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province through 2025.
The region remains worryingly unstable and is the scene of frequent militant attacks.

In its latest report titled ‘Caught in the Crossfire: Civilians, Security and Justice Crisis in Merged Areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’, HRCP, citing the Islamabad-based Pakistan Institute of Conflict and Security Studies, said that at least 82 militant attacks occurred across the country in July 2025 alone, with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, including former tribal areas, accounting for nearly two-thirds of this number.

Additionally, 45 militant attacks were recorded in the state in September 2025, leaving 54 people dead and 49 injured.
From these cumulative figures in September, the province’s combined districts accounted for “20 militant attacks that killed 21 people”, including six Pakistani security personnel, three militants and 12 civilians, with seven injured.

According to HRCP, Mian Iftikhar Hussain, President of the Awami National Party (ANP) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, described the security situation as much more unstable than generally perceived. He stated that a range of militant organizations were operating not only in the merged districts but also in settled areas of the province, adding that the terrorist outfit Daesh was reportedly active in the region.

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