The Anti-Terrorism Department on Friday issued a report on the incidents of terrorism and operations in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa during the current year.
According to the CTD report, 179 incidents of terrorism were reported this year, while 91 terrorists were killed in police encounters.
It reported 10 attacks on polio teams, adding that as many as 1002 intelligence base operations were conducted against terrorists this year.
The report said, 60 terrorist incidents in January, 38 in February, 33 in March and 48 in April were recorded.
Similarly, 91 terrorists were killed in the exchange of fire this year, in which the highest number of 31 terrorists were killed in February.
It is further stated in the report that 19 terrorists were killed in DI Khan and 14 in North Waziristan, 16 most wanted terrorists including Mohsin Qadir, Azmatullah and Faridullah.
The police recovered 247 kg of explosives including two suicide jackets and 36 hand grenades. The CTD set head money of Rs 13.1 million on 11 most wanted terrorists involved in recent attacks.
The CTD report further discloses that 2 suicide jackets, 36 hand grenades, and 247 kilograms of explosives were recovered.
Moreover, the report revealed that 10 attacks were reported on police teams this year, highlighting the challenging security situation in the province.
Last year, the Anti-Terrorism Department (CTD) released a report on the terror incidents in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in 2023 where as many as 563 terror incidents occurred in 2023 and out of 563 incidents, police were targeted 243 times.
According to the report, the highest 132 incidents of terrorism were reported in Dera Ismail Khan, 103 incidents in Khyber and 89 terror incidents were reported in Peshawar The report further revealed that 86 times terrorists attacked North Waziristan and 50 times South Waziristan The report further said that as many as 837 terrorists were taken into custody.
