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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by Naveed Hussain in T- magazine in The Express Tribune, Nov 12th, 2023.KARACHI: The ongoing spurt in high-profile and mass casualty terrorist attacks in Pakistan is worrying. Of more concern is the fact that Afghanistan served as a springboard for most of these attacks. The brazen assault on the Mianwali training airbase and the deadly ambush on a military convoy in Gwadar happened in quick succession, preceded by a bomb attack on a police patrol…
(BREAKING NEWS)report in The Express Tribune, Sept 29, 2023At least six people were killed and dozens injured when a bomb exploded in an Eid Miladun Nabi (PBUH) rally in Balochistan’s Mastung on Friday, confirmed the area’s deputy commissioner. The area was cordoned off by law enforcers and rescue personnel shifted the casualties to nearby medical facilities.https://tribune.com.pk/story/2438428/at-least-six-killed-in-eid-miladun-nabi-procession-blast-in-mastung-1
report in The News, August 13, 2023DERA ISMAIL KHAN: The police foiled a terror bid and defused an explosive device (IED) planted at the Oilfield Foundry roadside near Drazanda on Saturday. The police said that suspected militants had planted an IED at the Oilfield Foundry roadside to target police or security forces but the timely action aborted the possible terror plan. They said that a team of Bomb Disposal Unit (BDU) headed by Inayatullah Tiger…
Report in Dawn, July 14th, 2023PESHAWAR: One person sustained minor injuries and a vehicle was damaged after a low intensity bomb exploded inside the hujra (guest house) of a local resident on Nasir Bagh Road late Wednesday night, police said. Police said that Najibullah, a resident of Malkandher, filed a report with the police saying that he was offering prayers in the mosque when he heard an explosion, adding that as soon as he reached…
report inThe Daily Star’, JUly 11, 2023At least one person was injured as a crude bomb went off in the capital’s Moghbazar intersection last night. Inspector (Operations) Abdus Kuddus said that the incident took place on Dilu Road around 10:00pm. For all latest news, follow The Daily Star’s Google News channel.Police immediately went to the spot and recovered another unexploded crude bomb from the area. The identity of the injured could not be known. The…
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 The News, March 13, 2023KABUL:e Islamic State group on Sunday claimed a bomb attack that killed a security guard and wounded a group of journalists and children in the northern Afghan city of Mazar-i-Sharif this week. Saturday´s bombing occurred at an event honouring Afghanistan´s journalists, and came two days after a suicide bomber killed the Taliban governor of Balkh province in an attack also claimed by IS. The attack against journalists was caused…
report in The News, Mar 3, 2023An anti-terrorism court has indicted three alleged facilitators of an IED blast that had killed a woman and injured 11 others, including policemen, in Karachi’s Kharadar area in May last year. The ATC-XVI judge read out charges against three suspects — Dilbar Ali, Abdul Qayyum and Abdul Sattar — said to be associated with the outlawed Sindhudesh Revolutionary Army (SRA). They pleaded not guilty and opted to contest the…
Edit in Business Recorder, Mar 1, 2023During the recent months TTP terrorists have focused on targeting the police. In the latest incident last Saturday in Balochistan’s Khuzdar district, two police officers were martyred and two others critically injured when a bomb attached to their vehicle went off. The same day, a police patrol came under attack in Lakki Marwat city of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), causing injuries to four. This has been going on not only…
by Abdul Wahid Shahwani in Dawn, February 26th, 2023KHUZDAR: Two police officers lost their lives and another two were critically injured when a magnetic bomb attached to their vehicle exploded in Khuzdar on Saturday. Police officials said the bomb exploded when the vehicle was on patrol near Jhalawan Complex. “It was a magnetic bomb that had been attached to the police vehicle by unidentified people and detonated with a remote control,” Fahad Khosa, Khuzdar’s senior…