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Two soldiers martyred, four hurt in Khyber IED attack

by Ibrahim Shinwari in Dawn, April 9th, 2023KHYBER: Two soldiers lost their lives and four others were injured when their vehicle was targeted by an improvised explosive device (IED) in Bara tehsil of Khyber tribal district on Saturday, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a statement. Local sources said the security forces’ vehicle was passing through Miangano Kalay Khearr (dry stream) in the Malakdin Khel locality in the afternoon when it was hit by…

TTP strikes in Lakki Marwat leave four police officers martyred, six hurt

Report in Pakistan Today, Mar 31, 2023PESHAWAR: Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants in a pair of attacks killed four police officers by targeting a police vehicle with a roadside bomb and wounded six in an attack on a police station in Lakki Marwat city of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa early Thursday, police said. The bomb killed four officers in a police vehicle carrying reinforcements sent to respond to the attack on a police station in the town bordering…

Four cops survive grenade attack on police van:

Report in Dawn, March 30th, 2023KARACHI: Four policemen narrowly survived a grenade attack on their mobile van in Shah Latif Town in the wee hours of Wednesday morning, police said. No one claimed responsibility for the attack in which the police van was partially damaged. The police said that the incident took place at Haji Ismail Jokhio Goth off National Highway at around 4:15am when the mobile van was stationed and policemen were busy in…

Pre-dawn bomb attack damages police van:

Report in The News, March 30, 2023Unidentified suspects threw a hand grenade at a police van in Karachi’s outskirts early on Wednesday morning. Police said the incident took place near Shah Latif’s Manzil Pump, which falls in District Malir. SSP Hasan Sardar told the media that no one was hurt in the attack. He said that three men on two motorbikes had arrived on the scene and one of them had hurled a bomb at…

DSP among four cops martyred in Lakki Marwat terror attack

REPORT in The Express Tribune, March 30th, 2023..A terrorist attack on a police station in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s (K-P) Lakki Marwat in the wee hours of Thursday resulted in the death of at least four policemen, including DSP Iqbal Momand. At around 1 am, the terrorists attacked Saddar police station with modern and heavy weapons. The police personnel, who were already on alert, responded with retaliatory fire due to which the terrorists escaped in the darkness of…

Blast Happens Near Foreign Ministry in Kabul:

By Mujeeb Rahman Awrang Stanikzai in TOLOnews, Mar 27,2023 at 8:50 PMAt least six civilians were killed and several others, including three Islamic Emirate forces, were wounded in a suicide attack near a security checkpoint in Malik Asghar Square in Kabul, a spokesman for the Kabul security department, Khalid Zadran said. The eyewitnesses described the incident as a heavy explosion. “It was around 3:00pm. We were at the office of the deputy minister. A blast…

Special forces ready to check militant attack across Bangladesh

by Riyadh Talukder in Dhaka Tribune, Mar 27, 2023The law enforcement agencies are on high alert to prevent any kind of terrorist attack during Ramadan, Eid and Bengali New Year celebrations. Intelligence surveillance has been increased and required information are being collected. However, the law enforcement agencies do not have any information about the capability of the militants to carry out attacks or their plan to carry out any attack. Various units of the law…

Religious scholar gunned down in ‘targeted attack’:

By Imtiaz Ali in Dawn, March 22nd, 2023KARACHI: A religious scholar was shot dead in what police described as a targeted attack in Gulistan-i-Jauhar on Tuesday morning. The area police said that Mufti Abdul Qayyum, 45, was targeted by two assailants in Block-9 at around 7am when he was returning home after offering Fajr prayer. SSP-East Zubair Nazeer Shaikh said that the scholar was on foot when two men on a motorcycle intercepted him, fired…

Cop injured as terrorists’ attack on check post repulsed:

By Qayyum Nawaz Babar in The News, March 22, 2023DERA ISMAIL KHAN: A cop sustained injuries when a group of terrorists attacked a police check post in Kathi area, police said on Tuesday They said that terrorists attacked Kathi police check post with automatic weapons late Monday night. However, the police promptly returned the fire and a fierce exchange of fire took place between the cops and the terrorists, which continued for some time. As…

PTI mayor among 10 killed in Hevellian attack:

By Rashid Javed in Dawn, March 21st, 2023ABBOTTABAD: A local PTI leader was among 10 people killed in a targeted attack by a rival group in Langra village in Havelian, police said on Monday. Atif Munsif Khan, the mayor of Havelian tehsil, was travelling in a car when a bullet pierced its fuel tank, resulting in a fire, according to Abbottabad DPO Umar Tufail. According to videos sha­red on social media, the car was completely…

Two eyewitnesses pick out KPO terror attack suspect:

Report in The News, March 21, 2023Two eyewitnesses have identified a suspect during an identification parade before a court in a case pertaining to last month’s deadly attack on the Karachi Police Office (KPO). The investigating officer produced Abdul Aziz alias Mohammad Ali, said to be affiliated with the outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), before the judicial magistrate (South) for his identification parade. The suspect was lined up along with dummies when two eyewitnesses rightly picked…