By Fidel Rahmati in Khaama Press online, Aug 8, 2023Two children were killed, and three others were wounded when unidentified individuals tossed grenades into a house in the eastern province of Nangarhar, Afghanistan, officials said on Tuesday. The incident occurred late on Monday night in the Shiekh Mursi community of Surkhrod district when two unidentified men threw two grenades into a house, killing two children and injuring three others, including a woman, according to provincial…
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By Rasool Dawar in The News, Aug 7, 2023PESHAWAR: A policeman was martyred and two others suffered injuries when a police mobile was attacked in the Badaber area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Peshawar. The KP province, which borders Afghanistan, has seen a slew of terror incidents in recent months after the outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) ended its ceasefire with Islamabad, with other terrorist groups also increasing attacks. Constable Yar Muhammad suffered critical injuries along with two…
by Behram Baloch in Dawn, July 24th, 2023GWADAR: Three people were injured as unknown armed men on a motorcycle hurled a grenade at a house near the Ladies market in Gwadar town, police said on Sunday. The grenade exploded in the courtyard, injuring three persons and damaging a portion of the house. Soon after the incident, the police and other personnel of law enforcement agencies rushed to the scene and shifted the injured to the…
report in The Express Tribune online, July 12, 2023ZHOB, BALOCHISTAN: Four security personnel were martyred by terrorists on Wednesday in an early morning attack on the Zhob Garrison in Norther Balochistan, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) reported. The military’s media wing further stated that five soldiers were critically injured. “Initial attempt of terrorists to sneak into the facility was checked by soldiers on duty,” the ISPR said, adding that the terrorists were soon after cornered…
by Saleem Shahid in Dawn, June 28th, 2023QUETTA: A group of gunmen attacked the convoy of the Harnai deputy commissioner and torched coal-laden trucks in Ziarat on Tuesday. According to officials, the attackers blocked the Harnai-Ziarat road and intercepted the trucks, carrying coal from the Sharag coal field to Punjab. They looted cash from the drivers and torched the trucks. The attackers also opened fire on the convoy of the Harnai deputy commissioner Arif Zarkoon…
report in The News, June 26, 2023PESHAWAR: A police constable was shot and injured at Khan Mast Colony in the limits of the Agha Mir Jani Shah (formerly Yakatoot) police station on Sunday. The police said constable Farman performs duty at the University Town police station. He was on leave and travelling in a car when armed men opened fire on his car. The attackers escaped after the firing. The senior police officials and investigation…
Report in The News, June 19, 2023PESHAWAR: No casualty was reported in the attack on the Pir Bala police post in the limits of Michini Gate Police Station on Sunday. Police officials said that unidentified terrorists hurled hand grenades at the Pir Bala police post on Warsak Road causing a loud sound but it did not cause any casualty. A vehicle was slightly damaged in the explosion. Police said the cops opened fire on the…
By Syed Shahabuddin in Pakistan Today, June 7, 2023SWAT: Three terrorists, including two in-custody militants, were killed in an alleged shootout that took place in hills of Banjot area of Mangalwar in Swat on Tuesday, the Regional Police Officer (RPO) Malakand Division confirmed. According to DIG Malakand Division Nasir Mahmood Satti, the CTD and local police were conducting a search operation in Banjot area where last month ( May 23) an exchange of fire between…
By Javed Aziz Khan in The News, June 07, 2023PESHAWAR: Hours after a militant was killed in Matani, a police post in nearby Sarband was attacked late Tuesday night. Heavy firing was reported from both sides as the alert cops retaliated. The firing continued for long. An official said no casualty was reported in attack on the Achini post in Sarband police station, close to Khyber district. Some reports said a rocket was fired on…
By Nizamuddin Rezahi in Khaama Press, June 7, 2023Islamic State (ISIS) fighters claimed responsibility for Tuesday’s car bomb attack in north-eastern Badakhshan province, which killed the Taliban deputy governor and his driver. On Tuesday, ISIS wrote on Telegram, saying its fighters succeeded to detonate a bomb targeting Taliban deputy governor Mawlavi Nisar Ahmad Ahamdi, which also left six others injured, according to provincial officials. Mazudeen Ahmadi, the head of the Information and Culture Department of…
Report in Dawn, May 25th, 2023NORTH / SOUTH WAZIRISTAN: Four people, including two soldiers and a cop, lost their lives when a suicide attacker detonated a car bomb at a police checkpoint in North Waziristan near the Afghanistan border on Wednesday, the district administration said. Separately, in South Waziristan, security forces killed six militants in an exchange of fire, the military said. North Waziristan’s deputy commissioner, Rehan Gull Khattak, said the suicide bomber targeted the…