Pakistan kills 34 militants in multiple raids near Afghanistan, ambush kills four police officers

A man uses his mobile to film the damaged police vehicles, loaded on a truck, after a terrorist attack in Kohat, in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan February 24, 2026. - Reuters

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s security forces killed 34 militants in multiple raids across the country, the military said on Wednesday (Feb 25), as a separate ambush blamed on the Pakistani Taliban killed four police officers near the Afghan border.

Pakistan's military, in a statement, said 26 militants, including at least one Afghan, were killed in four separate operations in North Waziristan, Lakki Marwat, Bannu and Mir Ali districts in restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in recent days, near the Afghan border.