By Saleem Shahid in Dawn, April 11th, 2023QUETTA: At least four people were killed and 21 others injured in two attacks targeting the police in Quetta on Monday. In the first attack, a blast took place in a busy market, killing four people and injuring 18. According to police, the target of the attack was SP Investigation Naseer Shah of Quetta police whose vehicle was parked at the Kandahari Bazaar. The SP was not in…
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Report in Dawn, April 8th, 2023SWABI/NORTH WAZIRISTAN: An assistant sub-inspector of police embraced martyrdom and two other personnel suffered critical injuries when militants attacked the vehicle they travelled in with a hand grenade in Swabi district on Friday evening. Also in the day, a police constable was killed in an act of ‘target killing’ in North Waziristan tribal district. The Swabi attack was reported in the main Yar Hussain Bazaar a few minutes before Iftar…
By Ikram Junaidi in Dawn, April 3rd, 2023ISLAMABAD: Pakistan witnessed a rather peaceful March with the number of militant attacks declining as compared to February. However, the number of deaths remained almost the same, according to an Islamabad-based think tank. In its report, Pakistan Institute for Conflict and Security Studies (PICSS) stated that in March there was a 36 per cent decline in militant attacks as compared to February. The number of attacks stood at…
report IN Dawn, Mar 31, 2023WASHINGTON: Militants who carry out attacks inside Pakistan have obtained US weapons left behind in Afghanistan, a US-backed broadcasting service claimed in its latest report on the situation. Observers say the influx of US weapons has boosted the military capabilities of the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and Baloch separatist groups, according to the report released by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. This influx of weapons has caused “a surge in violence…
By Fidel Rahmati in The Khaama Press Online, March 29, 2023The UN Security Council has strongly denounced the “continued heinous terrorist attacks” against civilians in Afghanistan, including a Monday attack close to the Afghan Foreign Ministry that left at least six people dead and several others injured. The Council members emphasized that terrorism, in all its forms and incarnations, poses one of the gravest threats to world peace and security and to peace and security…
By Muhammad Irfan Mughal | Dilawar Wazir in Dawn, March 22nd, 2023SOUTH WAZIRISTAN / D.I. KHAN: Five security personnel, including a senior military officer, were martyred in separate attacks in South Waziristan and Dera Ismail Khan on Tuesday. According to an ISPR statement, Brig Mustafa Kamal Barki from Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), while leading the encounter from the front, embraced martyrdom and seven soldiers got injuries, two of them critical, in South Waziristan. Police sources said…
report in The Daily Star, Mar 21, 2023US Ambassador to Bangladesh Peter Haas yesterday expressed concern over the recent attack on the Ahmadiyya community in Panchagarh. The US envoy was visiting the national centre of Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat (AMJ) at the city’s Bakshibazar. He enquired about the incident, AMJ said in a press release. The ambassador also expressed his interest in visiting Panchagarh soon, the press release claimed.https://www.thedailystar.net/news/bangladesh/diplomacy/news/haas-concerned-attacks-ahmadiyyas-3276551
By Javed Aziz Khan in The News, March 18, 2023PESHAWAR: A senior police official Friday claimed that there was a covering suicide bomber to carry out the attack who would have acted if his accomplice involved in Malik Saad Shaheed Police Lines bombing had failed. “We have arrested a facilitator of the suicide bomber identified as Imtiaz Khan alias Tora Shpa. He himself was a trained suicide bomber and had to blow himself up if…
By Fidel Rahmati in Khaama Press, Mar 15, 2023Afghanistan remained the country most impacted by terrorism for the fourth consecutive year, despite attacks and deaths falling by 75 per cent and 58 per cent, respectively, Global Terrorism Index (GTI) reported on Tuesday. The report stated, however, that the Index does not include acts of state repression and violence by state actors. As such, acts committed by the Taliban are no longer included in the report’s…
Report in Dawn, March 13th, 2023PESHAWAR: Keeping in view the upsurge in militant attacks on law enforcement agencies, the authorities have provided armoured personnel carriers (APC) to police of Dera Ismail Khan and Bannu regions. The APCs, handed over to police of Dera Ismail Khan and Bannu divisions in the provincial capital on Sunday, would help the law-enforcers to effectively counter militant attacks, said a statement. “The latest weaponry, used by the US and its…
Edit in The Nation, March 11, 2023According to a new statement by the Punjab Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD), 12 alleged terrorists belonging to the militant outfits of Al-Qaeda and Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) were caught and are now awaiting further investigation. Given that these individuals were found supporting equipment needed for explosives and suicide jackets, the case seems pretty straightforward. This is the kind of policing that we need, especially at a time when the country has…