In the Aba Khel area of Lakki Marwat, the Afghan Taliban have reportedly killed a police officer, Safiullah, and his brother. Naveed-ullah, a local coordinator of the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM), and his elder brother, Hafiz Saif-ullah, were brutally shot and killed by Afghan Taliban.
Afghan Taliban said that Safiullah and his brother were involved in working for intelligence agencies. They were falsely accused of conducting operations against the Taliban and demolishing their homes. This latest targeted killing underscores the increasing brutality faced by the Pashtun community, which has long been subjected to state oppression, enforced disappearances, and extrajudicial killings.
In a separate incident, the Taliban attacked a police post in the Osin Khel area of Tajuji Tehsil, Lakki Marwat. Following the attack, police personnel fled the post, and the Taliban took control of the post and its equipment.