Militant attacks expanded to nine KP districts in June: report

ISLAMABAD: Nine dis­­­­tricts of Khyber Pakht­unkhwa witnessed terrorist attacks in June 2024, in what has been termed as a sign of expanding militancy in the province.

A report issued by the Islamabad-based think tank Pakistan Institute for Peace Studies (PIPS) documented 27 terrorist attacks in Pakistan in June, down from 36 in the preceding month. Of these attacks, 21 were reported in KP and six in Balochistan.

While attacks on security forces personnel remained the prime target of militant groups in the KP...