At least three people, including a child, were killed and 11 others injured in three separate terror incidents in Pakistan’s restive northwest yesterday.

A police constable and a labourer were killed and two others injured when unidentified militants attacked a police checkpost in the Daraban area in Dera Ismail Khan district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

In a separate incident, a child was killed and four others were injured when a bomb planted in a motorbike exploded in the Azam Warsak area of the South Waziristan district.

In another incident, at least five policemen were injured in an explosion caused by a roadside bomb in the Mamaskhel area of Bannu district.

According to an official report released on Monday, security forces in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa killed 270 terrorists in 2024. The report also highlighted the heavy toll on security personnel, with 149 police officers killed, and 232 injured in the line of duty last year.