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China ‘shocked’ by attack on Afghan hotel

AFP report, Dec 14, 2022KABUL: China said on Tuesday it was “shocked” by a deadly attack on a Kabul hotel popular with Chinese business visitors, adding that five of its nationals were wounded. The Afghan Taliban claim to have improved security since storming back to power in August last year but there have been scores of bomb blasts and attacks, many like this one claimed by the local chapter of the Islamic State group. “This…

Terror alert for ‘soft targets’ in Swabi, Nowshera issued

report in Dawn, December 13th, 2022SWABI: The police have issued an alert about the plans of the banned terrorist outfit Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan to attack ‘soft targets’ in Swabi and Nowshera district and ordered measures to protect the people’s lives. A police letter issued by the provisional and regional police on Sunday and available with Dawn reads, “Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan has detailed a terrorist tashkeel [group] to Swabi and Nowshera from Marawara Markaz in Kumar province of…

Hotel housing Chinese attacked in Kabul

AFP report, Dec 13, 2022KABUL: Armed men opened fire on Monday inside a hotel in central Kabul popular with Chinese nationals in an attack that ended when at least three gunmen were killed by security forces, the Taliban-run administration said. Two foreigners were injured while trying to escape by jumping from the hotel balcony, Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid wrote on Twitter. Kabul’s Emergency Hospital, run by an Italian non-profit near the attacked hotel in the…

PM Shehbaz asks Afghan govt to ensure Chaman-like attacks aren’t repeated

report in The News, Dec 12, 2022Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif condemned the “unprovoked shelling and firing” by the Afghan border forces at the Chaman border and stressed the Afghan government should ensure that such incidents are not repeated. The latest incident of cross-border firing by the Afghan border security forces at the Chaman border martyred six people and injured 17 others. Taking to Twitter, PM Shehbaz said that the unfortunate attack on civilians “deserves the…

TTP used ‘peace talks’ to swell its ranks: Nacta

by Iftikhar A. Khan in Dawn, Dec 9th, 2022ISLAMABAD: A document prepared by the National Counter-Terrorism Authority (Nacta) presented to the Senate Standing Committee on Interior blam­ed the ‘peace talks’ with the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) for an increase in terror attacks across the country. The Senate panel was informed that the dialogue initiated with the banned outfit by the government of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) “emboldened” the Taliban which increased their “footprint and magnitude of…

Policeman martyred in attack on Bannu checkpost

report in Dawn, December 8th, 2022LAKKI MARWAT: A policeman was martyred when terrorists attacked a checkpost near Kinger Bridge in Bannu district on Tuesday night. Police officials said that the checkpost had been established near the bridge in the limits of Mandan police station as part of security measures to protect roads and citizens from attacks. They said that the policemen deployed at the post were performing their duties as usual when they came under…

Kabul Embassy Attack

edit in The Nation, Dec 6, 2022Friday’s attack on the Pakistani embassy in Kabul with Chargé d’Affaires (CdA) Ubaidur Rehman Nizamani spe­cifically targeted shows that regardless of who is in power, the security situation in Afghanistan is much the same. We can be thankful that the honourable CdA was unhurt, but the fact that a security guard at the embassy was seriously wounded is an indication of the significance of the issue. Our diplomatic team…

IS attacked embassy to ‘sow distrust with Pakistan’

Report in Dawn, Dec 6th, 2022KABUL: The Taliban regime said on Monday the attack on Pakistan’s embassy, claimed by the militant Islamic State group, was carried out with the involvement of unidentified foreign groups with intention of sowing distrust with Pakistan. In Islamabad, Pakistan’s Foreign Office said they remained in active contact with the Afghan authorities and expressed the confidence that the Dec 2 incident would be fully investigated and the perpetrators and their abettors…

Suspect in Attack on Pakistan Embassy in Kabul Detained: Mujahid

By Zameer Safi in ToloNews, Dec 5, 2022 at 6:24 PMIslamic Emirate spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid said on Twitter that one individual was arrested in connection with Friday’s attack on the Pakistan embassy. Mujahid said that the attacker is a foreigner and a member of the Daesh group. He also said that foreigners were behind the attack and aimed to create mistrust between Afghanistan and Pakistan. Earlier, a spokesman for the Kabul security department, Khalid Zadran,…

Attack Targets Hekmatyar’s Office in Kabul

report on TOLOnews, Dec 2, 2022 at 8:56 PMAn attack on Gulbuddin Hekmatyar’s office, the leader of the Hizb-e-Islami party, resulted in one death and two injuries, Hekmatyar said. Hekmatyar said that after the attack two suicide bombers went to enter a mosque that was near to the Hizb-e-Islami office. The Hizb-e-Islami party’s leader confirmed that the attackers were killed by his security guards before they could reach their target. Witnesses said that the attackers…

Pakistan Embassy in Kabul Attacked, Security Guard Wounded

By Zameer Safi in ToloNews, Dec 2, 2022 at 9:44 PMThe Pakistan Foreign Ministry said in a statement that the compound of Pakistan embassy in Kabul “came under attack today targeting head of mission, Ubaid-ul-Rehman Nizamani .” According to the statement, Nizami is safe but a Pakistani security guard has been critically wounded. The statement condemned the attack and called on the “interim Afghan government to immediately investigate the attack and apprehend the culprits.” A…