report in Dawn,November 12th, 2023BAJAUR: A man was injured when a bomb went off in Mamond tehsil of the Bajaur tribal district on Saturday, the police and residents of the area said. They said that the blast occurred in the hilly Ghakhi area. They added that the bomb planted along a way was detonated with the help of a remote control. One person identified as Abdur Rehman, a resident of Ghakhi locality, was wounded in…
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Report in Dawn, August 10th, 2023BAJAUR: Five Frontier Corps personnel and a civilian received minor injuries when an FC vehicle was targeted by a suicide bomber in Larkholozo area of Mamond tehsil here on Wednesday afternoon, the police said. They said a suicide bomber blew himself up near the FC vehicle near Larkholozo Hospital on Inayat Kallay-Laghari Road. The police said five FC personnel and a passerby received minor injuries in the blast that partially…
by Anwarullah Khan in Dawn, August 4th, 2023BAJAUR: Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl chief Maulana Fazl ur Rehman on Thursday condemned Sunday’s suicide bombing of his party’s workers convention in Bajaur tribal district and said the attack was an attempt by the country’s “enemies” to sabotage the visit of China’s Vice Premier He Lifeng. “Several foreign forces are behind Sunday’s carnage,” Mr Fazl told a jirga of elders and party’s senior leaders and activists at the district administration’s…
report in The Express Tribune, Aug 1, 2023ISLAMABAD: Lawmakers in the lower house of parliament vent their fury at Sunday’s suicide bombing at the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) workers convention in Bajaur, terming the death of dozens of people an intelligence failure. The National Assembly members, from both sides of divide, including the federal ministers vehemently condemned the bomb attack in the Khar tehsil. The JUI-F lawmakers opposed the talks with the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban, Pakistan (TTP).…
by Umer Farooq | Anwarullah Khan in Dawn, July 31st, 2023• Security official sees IS-K involvement in what they call ‘suicide bombing’• Over 150 wounded; local leader, his son among the deadBAJAUR / PESHAWAR: At least 42 people were killed and over 150 others injured in Khar, a tehsil of Bajaur, after a powerful explosion ripped through a political gathering organised by the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl on Sunday. According to eyewitnesses, hundreds of party workers along…
Report in Dawn, June 29th, 2023BAJAUR/KHYBER: Four militants, including a commander, were killed and three others wounded during intelligence-based operations (IBO) in the tribal districts of Bajaur and Khyber, the military said on Wednesday. The first IBO was conducted in Inayat Kalli area of Bajaur district following a tip-off about the presence of Shafiullah, a militant commander. According to Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), security forces launched the operation on reports of the presence of of…
Report in The News, April 13, 2023RAWALPINDI: Security forces have killed three terrorists in an Intelligence Based Operation (IBO) in Bajaur district, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on Wednesday. Security forces conducted an IBO in general area Loesum, District Bajaur on Tuesday. During conduct of the operation, intense fire exchange took place between own troops and terrorists. Resultantly, three terrorists were sent to hell. Weapons and ammunition were also recovered from their, who remained…
Report in The News, April 10, 2023KHAR: A religious scholar was killed and another sustained injuries when unidentified gunmen opened fire on them in Lagharai Bazar in Mamond on Sunday. Eyewitnesses said that unknown armed men opened fire on Maulana Naseeb Gul, a resident of Gat Mamond, and his companion Mufti Shafiullah, a resident of Jangzay Mamond. They said that the religious scholars were on their way home when targeted in Lagharai Bazar. As a…
report in Dawn, February 14th, 2023NORTH WAZIRISTAN/BAJAUR: Two, including an alleged militant, were killed and nine injured in three separate attacks in North Waziristan and Bajaur district on Monday. The alleged militant was killed and his three accomplices were taken into custody following an exchange of fire with security forces in the Sirkot area of Miramshah tehsil, officials have said. A security team was defusing a bomb after receiving information when militants opened fire. Local…
by Imran Malik in The Nation, Jan 14, 2023The people of Pakistan have spo ken. And the government must pay heed. – The widespread, spontaneous, and vociferous protests by the people of the erstwhile FATA, in particular both Waziristans, Bajaur, Wana, Lakki Marwat, Bannu, D I Khan, Swat, etc against the re-emergence of terrorists in their areas must have taken Terrorism Central (myriad terrorist groups milling around in the wildlands of Afghanistan) and the Afghan…