The recent attacks in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa highlight ongoing security challenges in the region, with two separate incidents reported by Dawn on February 8, 2026. In the first incident, militants targeted a police checkpoint in Passani village near Peshawar. According to Peshawar Capital City Police Officer Dr. Mian Saeed Ahmed, 'the militants attacked a police post and an exchange of fire also took place, but the policemen, deployed at the facility, retaliated, forcing the militants to escape.' Fortunately, no casualties were reported, and the situation was described as 'under control.' This attack follows a previous incident on November 26, where a gas pipeline was blown up in the nearby Hameed Khan Machine area, marking the second such attack on the pipeline in two years.