The residents believe the police stations were vacated out of fear of the Taliban, who oppose the merger of Federally Administered Tribal Areas with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, The Nation reported.
The first incident, which was claimed by outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), occurred in the Lakki Marwat's Kurrum Par area when militants opened fire on a police van, killing six personnel. In a separate incident, two soldiers were killed and a militant killed in a clash near the Pak-Afghan border area in the Charmang region of the Bajaur district.
Six policemen were killed in Wednesday's attack in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Lakki Marwat, Pakistan's Daily Times reported. The newspaper said that two terrorists on a motorcycle opened fire on their van. According to police, the assailants attacked the police van on Abbasa Road, Wanda Shahab Khel.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa [Pakistan], October 7 (ANI): A policeman was wounded when armed men launched an attack on a patrol party on Wednesday night in the Lakki Marwat district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa [Pakistan], July 20 (ANI): More than 250 posts of doctors and nurses have been lying vacant in the medical centres of Lakki Marwat district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa obstructing basic healthcare to patients.
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 17 (ANI): After the takeover of Afghanistan by the Taliban last August, it was believed that the new regime would not allow the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) to use Afghan soil to attack Pakistan, however, the cross-border terrorism increased in the area.
Lakki Marwat [Pakistan], January 19 (ANI): A woman, Gul Shad Bibi from Lakki City in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan on Tuesday, that the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) personnel picked up her young son, Rizwanullah 10 days ago.
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 26 (ANI): In yet another ghastly incident of oppression on women in Pakistan, a kidnapped Pakistani-American woman's body was found from Lakki Marwat in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Saturday.
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 24 (ANI): Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry on Friday announced that after Imran Khan-led Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf suffered defeat in the first phase of the recently held local body elections in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the party has decided to dissolve its organisational structure.