by Ghulam Mursalin Marwat in Dawn, August 29th, 2023LAKKI MARWAT: Two personnel of the police’s elite force were martyred after terrorists attacked a patrol van near Darra Pezu town of Lakki Marwat on Monday. Three cops were also injured in the attack, according to officials. A team from Shaheed Haibat Ali Khan police station was on routine patrolling duty in the area when it came under attack, the officials said. Unidentified attackers, riding motorcycles, opened…
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Report in Dawn, August 4th, 2023KARACHI: Kabul has refuted what it terms allegations levelled by Pakistan, saying that the Afghan Taliban do not allow anyone to use Afghan territory against another country. In a couple of tweets on Thursday, Afghan Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid said: “If there is any concern, it should be shared with the officials of the Islamic Emirate face to face, rather than making unnecessary claims in the media and confusing people’s…
report in The News, July 21, 2023LAHORE: The Counterterrorism Department (CTD) has arrested four alleged terrorists belonging to defunct organizations during operations in different areas of Punjab. The CTD Punjab conducted 71 intelligence-based operations to effectively deal with any untoward incident of terrorism, in which 71 suspects were interrogated and four alleged terrorists were arrested with weapons, explosives and prohibited materials. Those arrested were Ajmal, Feroz, Hamid Bashir and Syed Awais. They belonged to Tehreek-e-Taliban…
report in The News,July 10, 2023HANGU: The police claimed to have arrested four alleged terrorists, including a notorious commander, during a raid on a hideout of a proscribed militant organization in the mountainous areas of the district on Sunday. District Police Officer Hangu Asif Bahadur Khan said that terrorists were allegedly involved in various crimes of heinous nature, including kidnapping for ransom, target-killing and others. He said that the police had also seized a significant…
Report in The News. June 13, 2023The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) on Monday claimed to have arrested three terrorists belonging to a banned outfit’s sleeper Cell. A CTD official said the police arrested the suspects with the assistance of an intelligence agency. He said they recovered a huge cache of foreign-made weapons and hand grenades, adding that the arrested men had conducted recce of consulates and sensitive installations in Karachi on the instructions of their…
Report in Dawn, June 4th, 2023 PESHAWAR: Awami National Party has urged the federal government to order a judicial probe into the ‘resettlement’ of terrorists in the country and award punishment to those involved in the ‘heinous’ crime. ANP provincial president Amil Wali Khan in a letter to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif demanded constitution of a high-level committee headed by the Peshawar High Court chief justice to investigate the process of resettlement of terrorists, especially…
Report in The News, June 03, 2023RAWALPINDI: Security forces killed two terrorists in an exchange of fire in Dossali, North Waziristan (NW). According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), a fire exchange took place between terrorists and security forces in Dossali on Thursday. Troops effectively engaged terrorists’ locations and sealed all possible escape routes. During the ensuing fire exchange, two terrorists were killed. Weapons and ammunition were also recovered from the hideout. Sanitisation of the…
Report in The News, May 02, 2023RAWALPINDI: Security forces killed three terrorists in two separate Intelligence Based Operation’s (IBOs) in Tank and Dera Ismail Khan on Monday. The IBOs were conducted on reported presence of terrorists in the area. During conduct of the operations, after intense fire exchange, three terrorists were killed including terrorist commander Jabbar Shah alias Shah Alam while two terrorists were injured. Sanitization of the surrounding areas is being carried out to…
Report in The News, April 27, 2023RAWALPINDI: Two soldiers of the Pakistan Army were martyred and two terrorists were killed in an exchange of fire in the Khyber district Tuesday. According to the ISPR, a fire exchange took place between the troops and terrorists in the general area of Tirah, Khyber District, on Tuesday. Troops effectively engaged the terrorists’ location. Consequently, two terrorists were killed and four terrorists were injured. Weapons and ammunition were also…
By Fidel Rahmati in The Khaama Press Online, April 19, 2023According to defence and counterterrorism experts, al Qaeda and ISIS-K are flourishing in Afghanistan, again turning into a “safe haven” for terrorists who are increasingly posing a threat against the United States. “The terrorist threat environment in Afghanistan has deteriorated dramatically since August 2021 – and it is getting worse,” Tuesday, Nathan Sales, a former State Department counterterrorism coordinator, made a statement reported by Just…
Report in The News, April 14, 2023TIMERGARA: Lower Dir police and CTD officials in a joint operation killed two terrorists involved in the murder of a traffic police official. Briefing local journalists at his office on Thursday, District Police Officer (DPO) Tariq Iqbal, SP CTD Amjad Khan and DSP Headquarter Fakhr-i-Alam Khan said that the cops conducted a raid on a tip-off regarding presence of two alleged terrorists Burhanuddin alias Burhan, a resident of Malakand,…