TTP Launches Fresh Retaliatory Attacks in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 11 Killed

• Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) initiated a new wave of retaliatory attacks across Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, targeting multiple cities and police installations.
• At least 11 people, including seven policemen, were killed, and several others injured in coordinated attacks across six cities: Peshawar, Bannu, Budhber, Nowshera, Waziristan, and Kohat.
• The attacks followed Pakistan’s cross-border strikes in Afghanistan on February 26, which Islamabad claimed targeted TTP hideouts, leading to heightened border tensions.
• TTP chief Noor Wali Mehsud announced support for the Afghan Taliban and ordered fighters to launch destructive attacks in Pakistan under the operation name “Defending Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.”
• Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police have beefed up security, closed entry/exit points in Bannu and Kohat, and sought assistance from the Frontier Corps (FC) amid surging TTP activities.