by Ikram Junaidi in Dawn, December 25th, 2023ISLAMABAD: Pakistan witnessed the highest number of suicide attacks since 2014 during this year, with nearly half of them targeting the security forces. According to statistics released by the Pakistan Institute for Conflict and Security Studies (PICSS) regarding suicide attacks in 2023, the country experienced a disturbing surge in such attacks, reaching the highest level since 2014. As many as 48 per cent of deaths and 58pc of…
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By Nazir Shinwari in ToloNews,Oct 4, 2023 at 8:59 PMThe Islamic Emirate denied the remarks of the Pakistani official alleging involvement of Afghan refugees in the suicide bombings which have recently ripped the country. The Islamic Emirate’s spokesman, Zabiullah Mujahid, said on X that the Afghan refugees are not involved in the attacks and that Islamabad seeks to harass them under various pretexts. “We deny that if the refugees settled in Pakistan, they would have…
Report in Dawn, August 10th, 2023BAJAUR: Five Frontier Corps personnel and a civilian received minor injuries when an FC vehicle was targeted by a suicide bomber in Larkholozo area of Mamond tehsil here on Wednesday afternoon, the police said. They said a suicide bomber blew himself up near the FC vehicle near Larkholozo Hospital on Inayat Kallay-Laghari Road. The police said five FC personnel and a passerby received minor injuries in the blast that partially…
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…
Report in Dawn, May 25th, 2023NORTH / SOUTH WAZIRISTAN: Four people, including two soldiers and a cop, lost their lives when a suicide attacker detonated a car bomb at a police checkpoint in North Waziristan near the Afghanistan border on Wednesday, the district administration said. Separately, in South Waziristan, security forces killed six militants in an exchange of fire, the military said. North Waziristan’s deputy commissioner, Rehan Gull Khattak, said the suicide bomber targeted the…
report in The News, March 13, 2023KABUL:e Islamic State group on Sunday claimed a bomb attack that killed a security guard and wounded a group of journalists and children in the northern Afghan city of Mazar-i-Sharif this week. Saturday´s bombing occurred at an event honouring Afghanistan´s journalists, and came two days after a suicide bomber killed the Taliban governor of Balkh province in an attack also claimed by IS. The attack against journalists was caused…
report in Dawn, February 23rd, 2023NORTH WAZIRISTAN: Security forces have killed one militant, an affiliate of the outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and arrested a would-be suicide bomber along with five others on Wednesday. According to a statement issued by the military’s media wing Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), an exchange of fire took place between security forces and militants in general area Spinwam, adding that one militants was killed during an intense exchange of fire. “The…
Report in Dawn, Feb 8th, 2023LAHORE: The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) on Tuesday arrested a suspected terrorist from Multan and recovered a suicide jacket from him. According to details, the CTD Multan arrested a suspected member of proscribed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) Muhammad Hammad alias Commando Musa and recovered a suicide vest, arms and ammunition. The CTD claimed that the suspect was present in the area to execute a terrorist activity. The Multan CTD registered a…
by Saleem Shahid in Dawn, February 6th, 2023QUETTA: Seven people were injured in two terrorist attacks, one of them said to be a suicide bombing, on Sunday. The first incident took place near the Police Lines on Gulistan Road and the other on Mano Jan Road. Five people, including an office-bearer of the Civil Secretariat Staff Association, suffered injuries in the first attack. According to police officials, the blast occurred near a bridge. There was…