Overview
- The assault hit a police post in Barang tehsil’s Kohi Sar area around 2 a.m., about 22 kilometers from Khar in Bajaur.
- Police identified the deceased as 60-year-old local resident Naseem Gul.
- Three were wounded — Constables Suliman Khan, 35, and Saz Muhammad, 58, and school watchman Sahibzada, 28 — and all were reported stable at the District Headquarter Hospital in Khar.
- Officials said militants used both heavy and light weapons, and a joint police–security team conducted a clearance operation that secured the site.
- Authorities opened an investigation into the assailants and possible group links, citing nationwide data showing 699 militant attacks in 2025 that caused 1,034 deaths and 1,366 injuries.