- Four police officers injured and eight civilians injured in an explosion.
- Explosive device placed near the door of a supermarket in a busy area.
- The incident occurs amidst Op Ghazab lil-Haq targeting militants.
SOUTH WAZIRISTAN: At least two policemen were martyred and four others sustained injuries after a bomb blast in Rustam Bazaar of Wana town in South Waziristan district on Saturday.
Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Asghar Ali Shah told media that the explosion also injured eight civilians in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa tribal district.
He added that the explosive device had been placed near the door of a supermarket in a busy area.
This incident occurred amidst Operation Ghazab lil-Haq launched by the Pakistani armed forces in border areas along and within Afghanistan against terrorist elements backed by the Afghan Taliban regime.
Operation Ghazab lil-Haq
Since the Taliban regained control of Afghanistan in 2021, Pakistan has seen an increase in cross-border terrorist activity, particularly in the provinces of KP and Balochistan, which share a border with Afghanistan.
Amid rising terror incidents, Pakistan launched ‘Operation Ghazab lil-Haq’ last month in which at least 527 Afghan Taliban fighters have been killed in Pakistan attacks so far.
More than 755 Afghan Taliban fighters were injured, while 237 checkpoints were destroyed, 38 were captured, in addition to the destruction of 205 tanks, armored vehicles and artillery pieces, Information Minister Attaullah Tarar confirmed on Friday.
Prior to the operation, Pakistan had also attacked seven terrorist camps and hideouts belonging to Fitna al Khawarij, its affiliates and Daesh-Khorasan along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in response to recent suicide attacks.
The airstrikes were carried out in the Afghan provinces of Nangarhar, Paktika and Khost, security sources said, adding that more than 80 militants were killed in the airstrikes.
The two countries, back in October 2025, were also involved in border clashes after Taliban and Afghan militants launched unprovoked attacks on Pakistani border posts.
The resulting clashes led to the deaths of more than 200 Taliban and affiliated militants, while 23 Pakistani soldiers were martyred defending the homeland.
However, despite many rounds of talks, both countries failed to reach an agreement due to the reluctance of the Afghan Taliban regime to take action against terrorist groups.
