report in Dawn, June 28th, 2023LOWER DIR: The police claimed to have recovered five suicide jackets, explosives, grenades, eatables and military uniforms with Afghanistan labels from a mountain in Shago Kas area here the other day, senior officials said. Briefing journalists here, Lower Dir district police officer Ziauddin and SP Counter-Terrorism Department Amjad Khan said the suicide vests and explosives were recovered during a search and strike operation conducted on a tip-off. The officials said…
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Report in Pakistan Today, June 5, 2023RAWALPINDI: Two soldiers of Pakistan Army embraced martyrdom during an exchange of fire with terrorists in North Waziristan district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, the military said on Sunday. According to Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the Pakistani troops engaged the terrorists’ location, killing two while injuring another two. It stated that weapons and ammunition were also recovered from the killed terrorists. However, the statement added, during intense exchange of fire, 38-year-old Naik…
Bureau Report in Dawn, May 2nd, 2023PESHAWAR: Seven militants, including a key commander, were arrested in an intelligence-based operation in North Waziristan, the military’s media wing has claimed. According to a statement by the Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR), the security forces, on Monday, launched the operation in Miramshah following intelligence information about the presence of alleged militants. The arrested militants, including a commander Mehtab alias Lala, were affiliated with the Hafiz Gul Bahadur group,…
report in Daily Mirror online, 28 April 2023at 03:00 pmWhile expressing surprise on the US decision to blacklist him and his family from entering US, North Western Province Governor Wasantha Karannagoda yesterday said that there is ‘something else’ behind the move. “I have some doubts about the move and believed that there is something else behind this,” the former Navy Commander Karannagoda said adding that, “It was a surprise to me that 14 years after…
By Manzoor Ali | Ibrahim Shinwari in Dawn, April 12th, 2023PESHAWAR/KHYBER: Three alleged militants were killed in an intelligence-based operation in Bannu district on Tuesday, according to the military’s media wing. The operation was conducted in the Nurar locality of Bannu district around midnight, the ISPR said, adding that three alleged terrorists were killed following an intense exchange of fire with the troops. The ISPR claimed that the deceased terrorists were actively involved in attacks…
By Muhammad Irfan Mughal | Dilawar Wazir in Dawn, March 22nd, 2023SOUTH WAZIRISTAN / D.I. KHAN: Five security personnel, including a senior military officer, were martyred in separate attacks in South Waziristan and Dera Ismail Khan on Tuesday. According to an ISPR statement, Brig Mustafa Kamal Barki from Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), while leading the encounter from the front, embraced martyrdom and seven soldiers got injuries, two of them critical, in South Waziristan. Police sources said…
AP report in TOLOnews, Mar 5, 2023— Two former Iraq and Afghanistan War-era defense secretaries are recommending that the government consider new ways to ensure that military service is taken into account when courts prosecute former service members. The Veterans Justice Commission, led by onetime Pentagon chiefs Chuck Hagel and Leon Panetta, offered that guidance after reports that a concerning number of veterans have been convicted of crimes since leaving military service. The commission was…
Report in Dawn, January 1st, 2023PESHAWAR: Four terrorists were killed in an exchange of fire with security forces in Bannu on Saturday, a military statement said. During the intense exchange of fire, Sepoy Mohammad Wasim, 25, having fought gallantly, embraced martyrdom, said the statement issued by Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR). He was a resident of Khairpur, Sindh. According to the ISPR, security forces conducted an intelligence-based operation in general area Jani Khel of Bannu district.…
by Aasim Sajjad Akhtar in Dawn, Dec 23rd, 2022The writer teaches at Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad.IT has been 14 months since Afghanistan was handed over to the Taliban by the most fearsome military force the world has ever known, the US army. For most of this time the narrative has been that the regime in Kabul is markedly different from the one that ruled in the 1990s, willing and able to conform to liberal norms of…
By Saqalain Eqbal in Khaama Press, Dec 13, 2022 at 0404hrsConcerned about the developments on the Afghan border, the Pakistani Army has reportedly decided to conduct a heavy military operation against the country’s growing terrorism and border infiltration. General Asim Munir, the newly appointed head of Pakistan’s armed forces, presided over a meeting of senior generals at General Headquarters (GHQs) in Rawalpindi over the weekend, CNN NEWS18 of India reported. The Pakistani military official evaluated…
There shall be no appeasement to terror. The resolute words came from Army Chief General Asim Munir, as he visited the forward positions on the western front in the tribal areas. The reaffirmation that the military would not tolerate non-state actors, and the fissures of terror shall be nipped in the bud, was of utmost importance. It has come from the new military leadership at a time when unscrupulous elements are raising their ugly heads…