Pakistan Foils over 200 Drone Attacks in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Police Say

Police in Pakistan claimed on Sunday they had foiled 246 drone attacks in the past five months in the northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, highlighting a growing shift by militants toward unmanned aerial tactics.

Officials said militant groups, particularly Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan, are increasingly using modified commercial drones to target security forces, attaching explosive material to carry out attacks.

State-run Associated Press of Pakistan reported that the majority of incidents; around 215, occurred in the district of Bannu, one of the most volatile areas in the province.

Police officials said all attempted attacks were successfully intercepted using advanced counter-drone systems, with no reported casualties or property damage. Authorities remain on high alert amid ongoing security concerns in the region.

The rise in drone-based attacks underscores evolving militant tactics in Pakistan’s border areas, where insurgent groups have increasingly turned to low-cost, commercially available technology to bypass traditional defenses and target security installations.

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, which borders Afghanistan, has seen a surge in militant violence since the Afghan Taliban returned to power in 2021. Pakistani officials have repeatedly expressed concern that militants are benefiting from cross-border safe havens.

The Taliban authorities have denied these allegations, saying all weapons inside Afghanistan remain under their control and are not being supplied to external militant groups.

The latest figures reflect the scale of the threat posed by drone warfare in the region, as security forces adapt to counter increasingly sophisticated attacks by militant networks.

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