by Behram Baloch in Dawn, November 24th, 2023GWADAR: The Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) said on Thursday it had killed four suspected terrorists in an intelligence-based operation in the Turbat town of Balochistan’s Kech district. According to a CTD spokesperson, the operation was launched based on intelligence indicating the presence of the individuals near a bus terminal on Pasni Road. As the CTD’s team approached the site, the armed people launched an attack using automatic weapons and…
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Report in Pakistan Today, Nov 20, 2023QUETTA/KECH: Three people travelling in a car were killed when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted on roadside exploded in Hoshab area of Kech district in Balochistan on Sunday, officials said. Commissioner Mekran Division Saeed Ahmed Umrani confirmed that unidentified terrorists targeted a car using an improvised explosive device (IED) in Hoshab tehsil of district Kech, adding all three persons travelling in the car were killed on the spot.…
By Fidel Rahmati in The Khaama Press Online, November 16, 2023Local officials in Nangarhar province report that as a result of an explosion involving explosive materials in the vicinity of this province, one person has lost their life, and another individual has been injured. Abdul Basir Zabuli, the spokesperson for the Nangarhar provincial administration, has said in a statement that this incident occurred on Thursday near the Naghark Bridge in the Surkh Rod district of…
Report in Dawn, November 13th, 2023NAWABSHAH: A gang of dacoits kidnapped two policemen after an encounter at a picket near Tharu Shah town of Naushahro Feroze district on Sunday. A little later, they killed one of them and wounded the other. Bhria City DSP Habibur Rehman Lashari told the media that constables Jabir Rajput and Sudhir Larik had signalled the suspects to stop but they opened fire, which was returned. He said the gang overpowered…
By Fidel Rahmati in Khaama Press online, Aug 8, 2023Two children were killed, and three others were wounded when unidentified individuals tossed grenades into a house in the eastern province of Nangarhar, Afghanistan, officials said on Tuesday. The incident occurred late on Monday night in the Shiekh Mursi community of Surkhrod district when two unidentified men threw two grenades into a house, killing two children and injuring three others, including a woman, according to provincial…
By Fidel Rahmati in The Khaama Press Online, June 18, 2023A provincial police officer in Wardak province said one person was killed in a mine explosion on Sunday. According to the official, an explosive device concealed amid rubbish exploded on Saturday afternoon while an Afghan street worker was collecting trash on the streets of Maidan Shar, the provincial capital of Wardak, killing the man. Earlier, a child was killed, and two others were injured after…
By Fidel Rahmati in The Khaama Press Online, May 22, 2023One child was killed, and another was injured when an explosive device left over from a past conflict exploded in the Deyak district of Afghanistan’s eastern Ghazni province, according to provincial spokesperson Niyaz Mohammad. On Sunday, two youngsters, ages 9 and 12, found the explosive device that resembled a toy and tried to carry it home. However, a provincial official said that the explosive device…
Report in Dawn, April 8th, 2023QUETTA: A man was killed after back-to-back remote-controlled blasts near an under-construction watchtower in the Khost town of Harnai district on Friday. The man was critically injured in the first blast and later died of his wounds. When labours working nearby gathered around the explosion site, another blast occurred, though no loss of life was reported. Officials said unidentified miscreants used an improvised explosive device (IED) for the blasts. “The…
By Nizamuddin Rezahi in Khaama Press,Feb 26, 2023Two police officers were killed and two others critically injured when a bomb attached to the police vehicle went off in Khuzdar city of Balochistan on Saturday, according to local sources. The explosion took place when the vehicle was patrolling the area near Jhalawan Complex, police officials stated. “Unknown people had placed a magnetic bomb on the police vehicle, and detonated with a remote control, resulting in the…
By Fidel Rahmati in Khaama Press online, Feb 23, 2023According to local media on Thursday, an explosion was reported in Taloqan, the centre of Takhar province in Afghanistan. A bomb attached to a vehicle in the Sar Chowk area of Taloqan city reportedly caused the explosion. In the blast, at least four people were killed, and several others were injured, according to the report. The injured people have been transported to the local hospital. Currently,…