Six Frontier Constabulary (FC) personnel were injured in a terrorist attack on a security checkpoint in the border area of Takhti Khel, Bannu district, on Wednesday.

According to the Bannu Police, militants opened fire on the FC post but were repelled due to the immediate response by security personnel, forcing the attackers to flee. The injured officials were shifted to the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) in Bannu for medical treatment.

Police have launched a search operation in the area to trace the suspects. The attack is the latest in a growing wave of militant violence targeting law enforcement in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, particularly Bannu, following the collapse of a ceasefire with the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).

The district has witnessed a series of attacks this month, including the martyrdom of Constable Hayatullah, an assault on the Bakkakhel police station, and a quadcopter attack on Miryan police station.