report in Dawn, August 26th, 2023KHYBER: An Ali Masjid blast facilitator was killed on Friday during an encounter between suspected militants and Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) near Jamrud. A CTD official in Jamrud, who wished to remain anonymous, told Dawn that Abuzar Afridi, who was already in custody, had confessed to have concealed arms and ammunition at a location. He was being taken to the location by a CTD team which was attacked by suspected…
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report in Khaama Press online, Aug 21, 2023At least two people were killed, and two more were injured in an explosion in the Darul Aman area west of Kabul, the city’s police said on Monday. According to the police, a magnetic bomb embedded in a three-wheeler went off on a roadside in the Darul Aman area of Kabul’s police district 6. Meanwhile, the Taliban has yet to disclose the identities of the attack victims. According…
Report in The News, June 25, 2023TURBAT: One policeman was martyred and a woman constable sustained injuries in a suicide blast in the Turbat district of Balochistan, Geo News reported quoting a senior official on Saturday. The deputy commissioner of Kech district said the woman suicide bomber blew herself up on Commissioner Road in the city. A vehicle of security forces was also damaged in the explosion, he added. Balochistan Chief Minister Abdul Quddus Bizenjo…
By Mujeeb Rahman Awrang Stanikzai in TOLOnews, June 08, 2023 at 9:48 PMA blast occurred near the funeral of the former deputy governor (acting governor) of Badakhshan in Badakhshan province, a local official said. Mazuddin Ahmadi, the head of the information and culture department of Badakhshan confirmed for TOLOnews that the explosion took place in Faizabad, the capital of Badakhshan. Mazuddin told TOLOnews that Safiullah Samim, the former commander of Baghlan police, was killed in…
By Nazim Qassim in TOLOnews Online, June 06, 2023 at 8:59 PMThe acting governor of Badakhshan province, whose formal position was deputy governor, Mawlawi Nisar Ahmad Ahmadi, was killed in a vehicle bomb blast that occurred on Tuesday morning in Faizabad, the provincial capital, an official said. Mauzuddin Ahmadi, head of Badakhshan’s department of information and culture said that a vehicle bomb targeted the convoy of the deputy governor in Mahkama square of Faizabad. The…
By Fazal Khaliq | Ghulam Mursalin Marwat in Dawn, April 25th, 2023SWAT / LAKKI MARWAT: At least a dozen people, including police officials, lost their lives in a powerful explosion inside the Kabal police station late on Monday evening. According to hospital sources, at least 57 people — including three civilians — sustained injuries in the blast. The explosion that rocked the police station, which reportedly occurred on the premises of the Counter Terrorism Department…
By Essa Khankhel & Mehboob Ali in The News, April 25, 2023MINGORA/ISLAMABAD: At least 13 people, majority of them believed to be policemen, were killed and 42 others injured in two mysterious explosions at the heavily-guarded Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) police station in Kabal town of Swat district on Monday. “The explosions took place at the CTD Police Station in Kabal in which 13 policemen were killed and 42 injured,” a senior police official told The…
report in Dawn, April 20th, 2023QUETTA: A shepherd was killed in a grenade blast on the outskirts of Chaman on Wednesday. Officials said the shepherd was in the Spina Tezha area of Chaman with his livestock when he found the hand grenade and started playing with it. The grenade exploded in his hands. “A body portion of the shepherd blew up in the grenade explosion,” Levies officials said. Deputy Commissioner Ismail Ibrahim said a probe…
Report in The News, April 11, 2023QUETTA: In the latest terror incident, four people – including two policemen – were martyred Monday after an explosion near a police vehicle in the city’s Shahrah-e-Iqbal area. Officials told Geo News that at least 15 people were also injured in the blast which left several cars and motorcycles in the vicinity damaged. The bodies have been shifted to the Civil Hospital, hospital administration said. Those killed in the…
report Dhaka Tribune, Apr 5, 2023A man had his ankle blown off by a landmine explosion while catching wild roosters on the border of Naikhongchhari upazila of Bandarban on Tuesday afternoon. The injured is Surut Alam, 40, of Cherarmath area of Ward No 6 in Naikhongchhari Sadar union. Naikhongchhari police station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Tantu Saha said that locals rescued him and took him to Cox’s Bazar Sadar Hospital. Locals said that Surut Alam crossed the…
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…