SAA event in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Peshawar District area, Pakistan on Wed 23rd September 2026

A police constable escorting a polio vaccination team was injured after unidentified armed men opened fire in Peshawar District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, reports Frontier Files on X on September 23. The incident occurred within the jurisdiction of Machni Gate Police Station while the constable was returning from polio duty. A separate report identified the injured personnel as Constable Muhammad Uzair, who was reportedly deployed at the Ashab Baba Police Post. He was shifted to a hospital for treatment. Police subsequently launched an investigation to identify and apprehend the attackers. No group had claimed responsibility for the attack at the time of reporting. The incident occurred amid continuing security concerns surrounding the deployment of police personnel accompanying polio vaccination teams in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.