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Afghan Refugees Complain of Mistreatment by Pakistani Soldiers:

Report in TOLOnews Online, Nov 28, 2023 at 1:08 PMRefugees who went to Balkh province after being deported from Pakistan said that some of their family members are still imprisoned in Pakistan. They complained about the bad treatment of Pakistani soldiers and said that when they returned, their property was stolen in Pakistan. “There were two men in the house, they took one, and then they took our money; after a lot of harassment, we…

Two soldiers martyred in Razmak blast

report in The News,November 23, 2023RAWALPINDI: Two soldiers were martyred in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast on the route of a security forces convoy in North Waziristan on Wednesday. The IED exploded in Razmak, North Waziristan, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said. Two soldiers Lance Naik Ehsan Badshah, 33, a resident of District Karak, and Lance Naik Sajid Hussain, 30, a resident of District Kurram, embraced Shahadat. “A sanitization operation is being carried out…

Pakistan lost 21 soldiers, killed 36 militants in September

report by Turkey’s Anadolu Agency in Daily Times, Sept 27, 2023Pakistan lost 21 soldiers and killed 36 militants in September, including three militants who were killed in Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Tuesday, data withAnadolu shows. According to a statement by Pakistan’s army, an intense fire exchange took place between the security forces and the militants in the Tirah area of the Khyber District near the Afghanistan border that resulted in the killing of…

Nine soldiers martyred in Bannu suicide attack

by Ghulam Mursalin Marwat in Dawn, September 1st, 2023LAKKI MARWAT: At least nine soldiers were martyred and five others sustained injuries when a suicide bomber on a motorbike targeted a military convoy in the Janikhel town of Bannu district on Thursday evening, the army said. In a late-night statement, the military’s media wing identified one of the martyred soldiers as Naib Subedar Sanobar Ali. It said the security forces had cordoned off the area and…

At least four soldiers martyred as militants attack Zhob Garrison

report in The Express Tribune online, July 12, 2023ZHOB, BALOCHISTAN: Four security personnel were martyred by terrorists on Wednesday in an early morning attack on the Zhob Garrison in Norther Balochistan, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) reported. The military’s media wing further stated that five soldiers were critically injured. “Initial attempt of terrorists to sneak into the facility was checked by soldiers on duty,” the ISPR said, adding that the terrorists were soon after cornered…

Four cops, two FC soldiers injured in Khyber attacks

Report in The News, June 19, 2023BARA: Four police personnel and two soldiers of the security forces were injured in different attacks of unidentified armed men in Bara tehsil of the Khyber district on Sunday, local and official sources said. The gunmen attacked the police post in Sarki Kamar area in Bar Qambarkhel Saturday night. As a result, four police identified as Shahfiullah, Naseem Khan, Khial Zar and Zarman Gul sustained injuries. The police repulsed…

Top court to accept ex-child soldiers’ petition against PM

by Binod Ghimire in The Kathmandu Post, June 10, 2023Revoking last week’s decision of its administration to scrap a writ petition of former child Maoist combatants, the Supreme Court has ordered its staffers to register the petition that demands prosecution of the then Maoist supreme commander Pushpa Kamal Dahal, now the country’s prime minister, and the then ‘people’s government’ chief Baburam Bhattarai, who also is a former prime minister. A single bench of Justice Anand…

Three soldiers, civilian martyred in KP

Report in Dawn, June 6th, 2023PESHAWAR/SWAT: Three soldiers were martyred during clashes between security forces and militants in North and South Waziristan districts, according to the military’s media affairs wing. Two militants were also killed in the fighting, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said. In Swat, meanwhile, a key militant commander of the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban (TTP) was arrested during an operation in which a civilian lost his life and a policeman was injured. ISPR said…

Three soldiers, civilian martyred in KP

Report in Dawn, June 6th, 2023PESHAWAR/SWAT: Three soldiers were martyred during clashes between security forces and militants in North and South Waziristan districts, according to the military’s media affairs wing. Two militants were also killed in the fighting, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said. In Swat, meanwhile, a key militant commander of the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban (TTP) was arrested during an operation in which a civilian lost his life and a policeman was injured. ISPR said…

Women soldiers protest transfers

By Rasahi Chathurangi Gamage in Ceylone Today, May 19, 2023Vavuniya : Soldiers attached to the 4th Battalion of Women’s Corps engaged in a demonstration on Tuesday (16) against a transfer of a group of women soldiers, from Kokavil to Medawachchiya. There are 129 soldiers working in the Kokavil camp. This group has been demanding that the transfer given to Vavuniya be cancelled and to assign them to another camp nearby. A total of 104 female…

Two soldiers injured in Khyber landmine blast:

Report in Dawn, May 1st, 2023KHYBER: Two soldiers were injured when a landmine planted on the main Bara-Tirah Road exploded during routine bomb detection exercise on Sunday morning, sources in the region said. They said that an eight-member bomb disposal squad was conducting an explosive detection exercise in Ghaibi Neeka locality when they spotted an improvised explosive device planted on the road in Mammal Pati area. They said that the BD squad immediately took cover…