One injured policeman from the Ababeel squad of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police succumbed to injuries in Bajaur district on February 25, 2026, raising the death toll to four officers killed and two injured in a terrorist ambush during a patrol in Khar tehsil, as confirmed by police in an update posted by @khorasandiary on X between 7:16 PM and 8:16 PM UTC. The update specifies that the patrolling party came under attack, with three officers initially reported dead and one injured, now totaling four fatalities, according to the police statement shared within the 59-minute reporting window. This follows earlier visuals and reports of the incident posted by @Mohsin_o2 on X. A Kabul-based high-ranking UN officer commented on the broader AfPak security situation, stating Pakistan possesses military capability for airstrikes in Afghanistan, India, and Iran but struggles with internal militancy in former FATA, Pashtun belt, and Balochistan insurgency, as quoted by @SamiYousafzaii on X in the same window. The officer contrasted this with Afghanistan's territorial control under a single authority for the first time since 1979.
