By Banafsha Binesh in TOLOnews, June 23, 2023 at 8:32 PMParticipants at an event held at the UN to discuss the situation in Afghanistan voiced concerns about the presence of terrorism in Afghanistan. The event was held on Thursday, and involved the Permanent Missions of Afghanistan, Canada and Spain, jointly with the Afghanistan Policy Lab of the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs (SPIA), the Counter Extremism Project (CEP) and the International Institute for…
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Edit in The Nation, April 17, 2023A recently released report by the Centre for Research and Security Studies (CRSS) reveals that at least 854 people were killed or wounded in militant attacks and counterterrorism operations in the first quarter of this year, a number that was half of what witnessed during the entire 2022. These numbers only underscore how serious the challenge is and that we are now in the middle of a full-blown internal…
Report in Dawn, April 16th, 2023 0LAHORE: The Punjab Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) claimed on Saturday to have arrested four suspected militants belonging to Al-Qaeda and banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in different areas of the province. As per a handout, CTD Punjab conducted 26 intelligence-based operations (IBOs) across the province to avert any terror incidents. Its teams interrogated 26 suspects picked during these operations, arresting four suspects — Ayaz and Yaseen of TTP, and Asad…
report in The Island, Apr 4, 2023The Amnesty International has expressed serious concerns over the proposed enactment of new Anti-Terrorism law. In its end of mission statement, AI Senior Director Deprose Muchena, who led the delegation said that any anti-terrorism legislation should be in line with international human rights law. The Opposition here and international organisations including International Commission of Jurists have condemned the proposed new law. Drawing attention to a number of human rights…
report in The Daily Observer, Apr 3, 2023The Anti Terrorism Unit (ATU) of Bangladesh Police arrested an active member of the banned militant organisation ‘Ansar al-Islam’ from Kalapara in Patuakhali on Sunday morning. The arrestee is identified as Abdur Rahman, 36, son of Late Jabbar Munshi, hailed from Rahamatpur area of Kalapara municipality. Sources said a team, led by Assistant Sub Inspector of Anti Terrorism Unit (ATU) Abdur Rahim Chawdhury, conducted a raid in Rahamatpur…
Report in Dawn, March 22nd, 2023KARACHI: Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday expressed concerns over the recent political violence taking place in Pakistan and asked the government to de-escalate the situation and minimise ‘overbroad anti-terrorism provisions’ against opposition protesters. In a statement, HRW termed the current political situation ‘very worrying’ and said that police in Pakistan have used abusive measures against supporters of PTI Chairman Imran Khan. “The use of Pakistan’s vague and overbroad anti-terrorism…
By Gulalai Hakim in TOLOnews, March 21,2023 at 9:13 PMThe EU Council said in a statement that it is concerned about the “presence and operations of terrorist groups in Afghanistan,” saying that the country should not once again serve as a “base for terrorism.” However, the statement said that the EU approved the conclusions that reaffirm the EU’s “principled commitment to peace and stability in Afghanistan and to supporting the people of the country.” “Afghanistan…
Report in Dawn, March 18,2023QUETTA: Security forces, along with Counter Terrorism Department of police, have seized a huge quantity of arms and ammunition from a hideout of terrorists in Chaman. An ISPR press statement issued on Friday said security forces carried out an Intelligence Based Operation in Boghra Road area of Chaman to search for the hideout of terrorists linked with recent firing incidents on law-enforcement agencies and civilians in Chaman area. As a result…
By Qamar Ali in The News, March 13, 2023The mastermind behind the February 17 terror attack on the Karachi Police Office (KPO) and an accomplice of his were killed in an encounter with the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD), Geo News reported Monday. The CTD acted on a tip-off near the Northern Bypass in Manghopir. in which the mastermind of the Karachi Police Office attack, Iriadullah, was killed. CTD officials said that in an exchange of fire,…
report in The Nation, Mar 5, 2023LAHORE – The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) Punjab has arrested eight alleged terrorists of banned outfits during intelligence based operations across Punjab. According to the spokesman, the CTD Punjab conducted 31 intelligencebased operations in different districts of the province to effectively deal with any untoward incident of terrorism, in which 33 suspected persons were interrogated and eight alleged terrorists were arrested with weapons, explosives and other prohibited materials. He…
report in The News, Feb 22, 2023ISLAMABAD: During the ongoning counter terrorism drive across the country, as many as 142 terrorists were killed in the last three months, sources told The News. During the operations, the security forces conducted numerous operations during which they arrested scores of terrorists and their facilitators and also managed to foil several attacks during the last three months. According to sources, at least 1,007 terrorists were arrested during 6,921 operations…