Special Combat Unit (SCU) is a branch of

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police (), formerly known as the Frontier Police, is the provincial law enforcement agency of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. History British colonial era In 1849, the land corresponding to modern-day Khyber Pakhtunkh ...

trained as for

counter-terrorism Counterterrorism (also spelled counter-terrorism), also known as anti-terrorism, incorporates the practices, military tactics, techniques, and strategies that governments, law enforcement, business, and intelligence agencies use to combat or el ...

purposes capable of

rapid deployment A rapid deployment force is a military formation that is capable of fast deployment. Such forces typically consist of elite military units (special forces, paratroopers, marines Marines, or naval infantry, are typically a military force tra ...

, it is operational in its jurisdiction of

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (; ps, خېبر پښتونخوا; Urdu, Hindko: خیبر پختونخوا) commonly abbreviated as KP or KPK, is one of the Administrative units of Pakistan, four provinces of Pakistan. Located in the Geography of Pakistan, ...

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. The force can be deployed in any part of the province for sting operations,

interdiction Interdiction is a military term for the act of delaying, disrupting, or destroying enemy forces or supplies en route to the battle area. A distinction is often made between strategic and tactical interdiction. The former refers to operations whose e ...

s, counter-terrorism operations,

airborne operation Airborne forces, airborne troops, or airborne infantry are ground combat units carried by aircraft and airdropped into battle zones, typically by parachute drop or air assault. Parachute-qualified infantry and support personnel serving in ai ...

s and amphibious operations both independently and in support of other police units or law enforcement agencies. The training of first contingent of 150 personnel begin on 13 May 2014. A contingent of 32 women commandos, joined the force on 11 February 2015. By the end of 2015, the unit aims to have 1050 personal deployed in 12 stations across the province.Khyber Pakhtunkhwa establishes Special Combat Unit
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{{Pakistani special forces Non-military counterterrorist organizations Provincial law enforcement agencies of Pakistan Police special forces of Pakistan Organizations established in 2014 2014 establishments in Pakistan

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