Islamabad, Nov 9 (NationPress) A police officer suffered injuries following an attack on a checkpost in the Tangi area of Khar tehsil, located in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, according to local media reports on Sunday.

An official confirmed that the injured officer has been named Azad Khan, who was struck by gunfire from an unidentified source on Saturday, as reported by Dawn, a leading daily in Pakistan. Initially receiving treatment at the District Headquarters Hospital in Khar, he was later transferred to a facility in Peshawar for more advanced care. Fortunately, the official indicated that the officer is now out of danger.

Earlier, armed assailants attacked and set ablaze a police station in the Kachhi district of Balochistan, while separate attacks involving hand grenades targeted a checkpost in the Western Bypass area of Quetta, the provincial capital.

Officials reported that a group of around two dozen armed individuals, equipped with heavy weaponry, assaulted the Khattan Police Station on Tuesday evening. The assailants invaded the station, igniting fires that damaged official documents and furniture. Before fleeing, the attackers seized two rifles, including an SMG and a G-3, along with a mobile phone and a motorcycle.

A senior official commented, "Given the overwhelming number of attackers, former levies personnel stationed nearby were unable to mount an effective response." Thankfully, there were no casualties reported in the incident. Following the attack, local police and security forces initiated a joint search operation to locate the assailants.

In another incident, unidentified individuals launched grenades at a security forces checkpost in the Western Bypass area of Quetta. Police officials reported that motorcyclists fired two grenades, which detonated nearby but fortunately resulted in no injuries.

In retaliation, security personnel at the checkpost returned fire. However, the attackers managed to escape after throwing the grenades. A search operation has since commenced in the area.

On Monday, six police personnel were injured when gunmen opened fire on the vehicle of the North Waziristan District Police Officer near Mamash Khel town in Bannu district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, according to an official.

Bannu Regional Police Officer (RPO) Sajjad Khan detailed that the incident occurred on the Miranshah road, which connects Bannu to North Waziristan. He noted that the DPO was unharmed, and the injured officers were transported to the Bannu District Headquarters Hospital.