PESHAWAR: As many as 105 police personnel were martyred in 151 militants’ attacks during last 10 months of the current year in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP).
Inspector General of Police of KP Moazzam Jah Ansari said that a total of 105 police personnel embraced martyrdom in 151 militants’ attacks since January 2022 in the province.
According to a report issued by the office of the IGP here on Sunday, besides the martyrdom of 105 police officials in 151 terrorist attacks, 109 other police jawans sustained injuries during these attacks.
It said the weapons were used against KP Police, which was left behind by US-led forces in Afghanistan.
“These weapons were operated by those terrorists, who were released after the change of power in Afghanistan”, the report stated, adding that 16 policemen were martyred in April and 19 injured in September.
Police have registered 151 cases in the first eleven months of this year.
The easiest target of militants was police mobile vehicles, the report added. By Roshan Khan Wazir
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