Peshawar, Jul 23 (PTI) Six Frontier Constabulary personnel were injured as terrorists attacked a police checkpoint in the border area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in northwestern Pakistan on Wednesday, spokesman for Bannu police said.

Terrorists attacked a Frontier Constabulary checkpoint situated in the border area of Takhti Khel in Bannu district. “As a result of the attack, six personnel of the FC were injured, but the immediate response of the constabulary forced the terrorists to flee,” Spokesman Aamir Khan said.

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The injured constables have been taken to the Combined Military Hospital in Bannu.

Police teams have launched a hunt to track down the terrorists, he said.

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Pakistan has witnessed a surge in terrorist attacks, especially in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Baluchistan provinces, predominantly targeting the police, law enforcement agencies' personnel, and security forces.

A police official identified as Constable Hayatullah was killed when terrorists attacked him in Bannu while he was returning home from duty on Tuesday.

On July 21, over a dozen terrorists attacked a police station in the Bakkakhel town of Bannu. On July 19, two police officials were injured when terrorists carried out a quadcopter attack on Bannu's Miryan police station.

Attacks have increased after the proscribed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) broke a ceasefire agreement with the government.

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