News Desk
June 9, 2026
Six Frontier Constabulary (FCN) personnel were martyred and four were injured while responding to an attempt by terrorists to capture a post in Peshawar’s Hassan Khel area on Monday, sources told
Dawn.
The sources said that three FCN personnel were being held hostage by terrorists.
Eight terrorists have also been killed in retaliatory action, and the attempt to capture the post was foiled, according to sources.
The sources said that security force personnel also reached the site of the incident, and they have cordoned off the area.
The action against terrorists by security forces was ongoing, they said.
Last month, the Pakistan Institute for Conflict and Security Studies (PICSS) said in an assessment that after two consecutive months of improvement, Pakistan’s security situation had
deteriorated sharply in May 2026, driven primarily by escalating terrorist violence in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan.
The country witnessed six suicide attacks during May, including four vehicle-borne suicide bombings. These attacks alone resulted in the deaths of 34 security personnel and nine civilians.
On May 9, a suicide attack in Bannu claimed the lives of 15 police personnel, after which Pakistan issued a “strong demarche” to Afghanistan.
Over a week later, a prominent tribal elder was among
three killed in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast that struck the busy Rustam Bazaar area of Lower South Waziristan’s Wana.
In early June, security forces
foiled a terrorist suicide attack on a military post near Miranshah in North Waziristan.
As KP and Balochistan continue to grapple with militancy, with attacks often targeting
security personnel and law enforcers, the state has intensified counter-terrorism operations.