By Isarulhaq in The News online, Sept 29, 2023HANGU: At least five people, including a police officer, lost their lives while several others were injured after a bomb went off inside a mosque during Friday’s sermon, in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Hangu, where people were gathered for weekly prayers. The city’s district police officer (DPO) Nisar Ahmed said that the blast took place within the limits of the Doaba police station. Over 30 people have been buried…
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report in The News,July 10, 2023HANGU: The police claimed to have arrested four alleged terrorists, including a notorious commander, during a raid on a hideout of a proscribed militant organization in the mountainous areas of the district on Sunday. District Police Officer Hangu Asif Bahadur Khan said that terrorists were allegedly involved in various crimes of heinous nature, including kidnapping for ransom, target-killing and others. He said that the police had also seized a significant…
By Abdul Sami Paracha in Dawn, May 24th, 2023KOHAT: Six security officials were martyred after more than a dozen militants stormed an oil and gas exploration site, police and the energy firm said on Tuesday. The attack took place at facilities run by MOL Pakistan Oil and Gas Company, a unit of Hungary’s MOL, in the Manji Khel area of Hangu district near the Afghan border. Police said the militants targeted two wells, known as…