Islamabad, March 4 – An Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI), Daulat Khan, was killed in a sniper attack by unknown assailants on the Badan police post in Wara Mamond tehsil of Bajaur district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, on Wednesday, according to local media reports citing police.
Following the attack, police cordoned off the area and launched a search operation to find the suspects, as reported by The Express Tribune, Pakistan's leading daily. Attacks on security personnel have occurred in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa over the past month.
Earlier, on February 26, four police personnel were killed and two others were injured when unidentified individuals attacked an Ababeel police patrol in the Nawa Kalay area of Khar Tehsil in Bajaur. On February 14, Additional Station House Officer (SHO) Gul Mano Din was killed when unidentified armed men opened fire at the Wara Mamond Police Station.
Meanwhile, a report released by an Islamabad-based think tank revealed that combat-related deaths in Pakistan increased by 30 per cent in February, due to a rise in suicide attacks across the country, as reported by local media.
A report by the Pakistan Institute for Conflict and Security Studies (PICSS) revealed that 470 deaths and 333 injuries were documented in February. The victims included 96 civilians, 80 security force personnel, and 294 militants. The injured included 259 civilians, 50 security force personnel, and 24 militants, as reported by Dawn, another leading daily in Pakistan.
The figures show a 74 per cent increase in the deaths of security force personnel, a 32 per cent increase in civilian deaths, and a 21 per cent surge in militant deaths compared to January.
As many as 53 security force personnel and six civilians were killed, while 35 security personnel and 48 civilians were injured in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in February. Three suicide bombing incidents took place in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, resulting in 17 deaths, including 14 security force personnel, and injuring 20 people.
As many as 34 people were killed and 165 others were injured in a suicide bombing incident in Islamabad. Furthermore, two police personnel were killed and four others were injured in a suicide bombing in the Bhakkar district of Punjab province, as reported by Dawn. The eight suicide attacks reported in January and February this year represent nearly half of the total for the entire year 2025, when 17 such incidents were reported.
According to data released by PICSS, the first two months of 2026 witnessed 831 combat-related deaths, including 536 militants, 169 civilians, and 126 security force personnel.
