Armed men seized control of Rocha checkpost and kidnapped police personnel, says DPO
\n BANNU
\nSeven policemen have been abducted by unidentified armed men from the Ahmedzai sub-division in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa\u2019s (KP) Bannu district, District Police Officer (DPO) Ziauddin told Geo News on Monday.
\nThe DPO said the armed men seized the control of the Rocha checkpost and kidnapped the police personnel.
\nZiauddin added that a search operation has been launched to catch the kidnappers after cordoning off the area.
\nThe incident took place after maghrib prayer when a group of armed men took the policemen hostage at a checkpost, DPO Ziauddin said, adding that the cops were shifted to an undisclosed location along with their weapons.
\nThe abducted policemen are Saleem, Aqal Rehman, Mewah Jan, Roshan, Abdul Malik, Neematullah and Shad Muhammad.
\nThere has been an increase in incidents of abduction of police personnel and attacks on law enforcement agencies in the northwestern region of the country.
\nIn the latest incident earlier this month, unidentified gunmen kidnapped a police constable from his home in the jurisdiction of Bakakhel Police Station of the Bannu district.
\nPakistan continues to battle militancy as terrorist activities grow across the country, especially in KP and Balochistan, since the Taliban takeover of bordering Afghanistan.
\nAs per a report issued by the Centre for Research and Security Studies (CRSS), the third quarter (July-September) of 2024 saw a sharp increase in fatalities of terrorist violence and counter-terrorism campaigns, with a 90% surge in violence.
\nA total of 722 people were killed, including civilians, security personnel, and outlaws, while 615 others were wounded in as many as 328 incidents recorded during the period under review.
\nNearly 97% of these fatalities occurred in KP and Balochistan \u2014 marking the highest percentage in a decade, and over 92% of these incidents of terror attacks and security forces\u2019 operations were recorded in the same provinces.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Armed men seized control of Rocha checkpost and kidnapped police personnel, says DPO BANNU Seven policemen have been abducted by unidentified armed men from the Ahmedzai sub-division in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa\u2019s (KP) Bannu district, District Police Officer (DPO) Ziauddin told Geo News on Monday. The DPO said the armed men seized the control of the Rocha […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":444287,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-444259","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-top-news"},"yoast_head":"\n