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PESHAWAR: While militants may lack the strength to overwhelm the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police, they to some extent have managed to push the force into defensive position in part of the province.
With changing war tactics and modern gadgets acquired by the militants, mostly left behind in Afghanistan by the US and its allied force following the fall of Kabul in 2021, the police also dumped the outdated weaponry, replacing it with modern equipment. This, too, however, was not enough to overpower the enemy.
Realising that the traditional tactics were no longer sufficient, the high command raised counter-terrorism department (CTD), a force trained for rapid assault and intelligence driven raids. In a series of coordinated offensives, the force managed to strike the militant hideouts and achieve its objectives.
With its headquarters, a modern fortress, right in the heart of the provincial capital, the newly-established department requisitions human resource from the police department. It, however, lacks dedicated facilities across the province.
