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Police recover arms, ammunition in raids:

Report in Dawn, April 12th, 2023DERA ISMAIL KHAN: The Dera police foiled terror bids by recovering three rockets, as many rocket launchers, five repeaters and 10 magazines in two different actions here on Tuesday. A police spokesman said the Parova police thwarted an attempt to smuggle arms from Dera Ismail Khan to Karachi. He said a police team led by Parova circle DSP Malik Abid Iqbal and SHO Gulsher Khan took action on a tip-off.…

Seven injured in rocket attack on Darra tribe

report in Dawn, March 16th, 2023KOHAT: Seven tribeswomen and children belonging to Akhorwal tribe of Darra Adamkhel tribal subdivision were injured when rockets were launched at their houses by Akakhel and Maroofkhel tribes of the neighbouring Khyber district over a decades-old land dispute on Wednesday. Azam Khan, a local official, said that the firing prompted Darra assistant commissioner Ashrafuddin to call the Khyber administration for stopping the hostilities. Later, he also called a meeting of…

Bombs, grenades seized in Bajaur raid

report in Dawn, February 1st, 2023BAJAUR: The authorities claimed on Tuesday to have recovered two improvised explosive devices (IEDs), seven rocket-propelled grenades and fuses in Mamond tehsil near the Pak-Afghan border here. The recovery was made during an intelligence-based operation conducted jointly by a team of police and Bajaur Scouts, according to a statement issued from the district police officer’s office in Khar. It said the IEDs and grenades were hidden there by some miscreants…