Hameed stated that four terrorists were identified and the identification of the other two is underway. The terrorists had been declared wanted by the Lakki Marwat police and the CTD for their involvement in attacks on the police, he added.

 

The terrorist group has conducted several deadly attacks in Lakki Marwat and other areas in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa over the past couple of months. In November last year, the outlawed TTP militants opened fire on a police van traveling to the Abbas police check post, resulting in the death of six police personnel.

 

Terrorism and militancy have unprecedentedly increased in Pakistan since the TTP called off its unilateral ceasefire with the Pakistani government in November. Since then the insurgent group has launched several deadly attacks mostly targeting police officials and army personnel in Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and other major cities of Pakistan.

 

Following the terror attack in the police headquarter in Karachi, which claimed the lives of four police officials, a team of Pakistan delegation headed by Khawaja Asif, the Defense Minister traveled to Kabul and met with the Taliban’s Deputy Prime Minister Mullah Abdul Ghani Bradar. The meeting was aimed at discussing security concerns and ways to jointly combat the threats of terrorism in both countries, according to the statement by Pakistan’s defense ministry.