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Posts tagged as “conterterrorism”

8 suspected TTP, IS men killed in Balochistan: CTD

by Saleem Shahid in Dawn, September 3rd, 2023QUETTA: The counterterrorism dep­art­ment (CTD) said it had killed eight members of the banned TTP and IS outfits in two intelligence-based operations conducted in Balochistan’s Quetta and Washuk districts on Saturday. A CTD spokesperson said the first operation was conducted in a mountainous area near Kurragi village of Basima tehsil in Washuk, a district bordering Iran. As soon as counterterrorism officials cordoned off the area and launched the…

US Deputy Envoy at UN tells Kabul to adhere to counterterrorism pledges

report in The Frontier Post, Feb 11, 2023KABUL : Ambassador Richard Mills, Deputy Representative to the United Nations, at a UN Security Council meeting asked the current government of Afghanistan to adhere to its commitments to fight terrorism.“The international community denies safe haven for ISIS K, for Al Qaeda and its affiliates in Afghanistan — we continue to press the Taliban to adhere to its counterterrorism commitments,” Richard Mills said.The UAE ambassador to the UN,…