By Shakeel Anjum in The News, December 29, 2023ISLAMABAD: The priest of Saint John’s Church at H-9 claimed that a gang equipped with sophisticated weapons stormed the worship place at about 8:30 on Thursday. Priest Imran Masih informed the Industrial Area police about it in his written complaint the same night. The complainant said that three among the six attackers had been identified as Sohail, Asif Chattha and Mithu, adding that they were equipped with…
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report in TOLOnews, Dec 20, 2023 at 9:57 PMThe Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Secretary General, Imangali Tasmagambetov, at the joint meeting of the Council and the 16th plenary session of the CSTO Parliamentary Assembly in Moscow expressed concerns about the increase of terrorist groups activities, drug smuggling and smuggling of weapons in Afghanistan. The CSTO Secretary General, during his speech, said that the southern borders of Central Asia in the region are facing threats…
report inThe News online, Dec 21, 2023UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan on Wednesday called upon the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to conduct a probe to find out who provided advanced military weapons to the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). At the UNSC’s UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) briefing on Afghanistan, the Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the UN, Ambassador Munir Akram, said Pakistan faced a major threat from the terrorist group TTP and its affiliates for their…
Report in Pakistan Today, Dec 18, 2023ISLAMABAD: Former federal minister and senior politician Muhammad Ali Durrani has expressed grave concerns over the source and trafficking of the latest American weaponry and technology to terrorists in the war against Pakistan. “Where are the terrorists fighting against Pakistan obtaining the latest American weaponry?” Durrani questioned as he demanded an inquiry into the matter. “It is imperative to undertake these investigations to root out terrorists and eliminate the…
by Mateen Haider in The Nation, Dec18, 2023ISLAMABAD – In recent harrowing incidents of terrorism in Pakistan, a disturbing revelation has emerged – the use of non-local American made weapons, believed to be procured from Afghanistan, by various militant groups operating within the country. This revelation underscores the pressing need for a thorough examination of the evolving security dynamics in the region, particularly the presence of huge leftover weapons by US forces in Afghanistan. For…
report in Dawn, December 17th, 2023UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan has urged a UN panel to find out how the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) is acquiring modern weaponry to carry out terrorist attacks in the country. Pakistan’s Deputy Permanent Representative Usman Jadoon highlighted the alarming trend during a UN Security Council open debate on the threat posed by the diversion, illicit trafficking, and misuse of small arms and light weapons. He argued that terrorist groups like TTP…
By Fidel Rahmati in The Khaama Press Online, November 30, 2023Iranian media has revealed the arrest of a group of armed drug smugglers who crossed into Iran from Afghanistan. The arrest operation also led to the confiscation of weapons. The Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) reported on Wednesday that these individuals were apprehended as part of a military operation. During the operation, authorities uncovered a property used to store both drugs and weapons near Kerman.…
By Mariana Baabar in The News, November 17, 2023ISLAMABAD: Pakistan reiterated on Thursday it had not sold any weapons to Ukraine or Russia. The allegations surfaced once again, this time in a BBC Urdu report, which claimed Pakistan sold weapons to two US arms firms, which were then sent onwards to Ukraine. The spokeswoman at the Foreign Office was asked during the weekly presser whether the BBC Urdu report indicated it was a fact that…
report in Dawn, October 7th, 2023SWAT: The police and security forces foiled a major terrorist bid by recovering a huge cache of weapons here the other day, a senior official claimed. Addressing a press conference at the Mingora police station, district police officer Shafiullah Gandapur said the weapons were recovered in a search and strike operation in Qadirabad area of Malam Jabba. Mr Gandapur said the seizure included a suicide jacket, 10 hand grenades, a…
By Banafsha Binesh in TOLOnews Online, April 25, 2023 at 8:03 PMThe Russian foreign ministry’s spokesperson, Maria Zakharova, in a press conference claimed that the the US deliberately left weapons in Afghanistan, and “now they are destabilizing the situation because terrorists may get hold of them.” Speaking at the press conference, Zakharova said that “we will not be surprised if these weapons soon surface in disputed areas of the region and other places.” “We keep…
report in Daily Times, mar 18, 2023The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) Punjab arrested 11 alleged terrorists of banned outfits during operations. According to the spokesman, the CTD Punjab conducted 55 intelligence õbased operations in different districts of the province to effectively deal with any untoward incident of terrorism, in which 56 suspected persons were interrogated and 11 alleged terrorists were arrested with weapons, explosives and other prohibited materials. He said that among the arrested terrorists…