The incident left 16 people injured.

Daraban came under militant attack as Khyber Pakhtunkhwa bears the brunt of surging terror incidents, reported Geo News.

Security forces reportedly gunned down three terrorists during the incident.

The outgoing year witnessed an alarming rise in terror-related incidents in the country in general and in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in particular as at least 470 security personnel and civilians were killed in the province, so for, the Pakistani news channel reported.

According to statistics available with Geo News, 470 people were killed in 1,050 terror-related incidents in one year alone.