Four personnel of the Federal Board of Revenue and a policeman were martyred and another was injured in separate firing incidents in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Dera Ismail Khan district on Tuesday, police said. District Police Officer Ziauddin Ahmed stated that armed men opened fire near Abhaya Bridge, killing the FBR personnel whose bodies were later shifted to the District Headquarters Hospital.
Meanwhile, a constable was martyred and another was injured in a separate attack on a police van near Bannu Road, prompting a search operation in the area. Security sources reported earlier on Tuesday that five India-backed terrorists were killed and two others injured during an operation targeting militant hideouts in North Waziristan.
Pakistan has witnessed a sharp rise in cross-border terrorist incidents, particularly in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan, since the Afghan Taliban returned to power in 2021. According to PICSS data, Pakistan recorded its highest monthly number of militant attacks in 12 years during September 2026, with 225 attacks marking a 13 percent increase from August and the third consecutive monthly rise.