At least seven police personnel were allegedly kidnapped from two police stations in separate incidents in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s South Waziristan district in Pakistan on Sunday.

Upper South Waziristan District Police Officer (DPO) Arshad Khan confirmed the incident and said efforts are underway to locate the policemen who went missing during routine patrolling.

“Seven police personnel were patrolling when unidentified individuals took them away,” DPO Arshad told Dawn.com.

He said three policemen — Insaf, Abid and Ismail — were on patrol in the limits of Ladha police station when they went missing from the spot.

In another incident, four policemen went missing from Tanga Chagmalai.

The abducted people were identified as  Abdul Khaliq, and constables Irfanullah, Habibullah and Imran.

A search operation is currently underway.

Pakistan is witnessing an uptick in terror activities in recent years.