[🇵🇰] Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Terrorism Watch

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China joins probe into Bisham suicide attack on its nationals​

Chinese investigators arrived in Pakistan on Friday to join a probe into Tuesday’s suicide attack in Bisham which claimed the lives of six people, including five Chinese nationals, according to the interior ministry.

The five Chinese engineers — and their Pakistani driver — were killed in the suicide bombing on Tuesday while travelling between Islamabad and a hydroelectric dam construction site in Dasu in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The bus was attacked in the Bisham city of KP’s Shangla district.

The attack prompted China to demand a thorough probe into the deadly blast and security for its citizens. In response, Islamabad announced a swift probe to hold the “perpetrators and accomplices” accountable.

Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi met a Chinese team of investigators at Beijing’s embassy in Islamabad today and briefed them on the investigation so far, Reuters quoted a ministry statement as saying.

 

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[H2]Eight terrorists killed by security forces in Dera Ismail Khan operation: ISPR[/H2]

Iftikhar Shirazi | Dawn.com
April 6, 2024

Security forces conducted an intelligence-based operation in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Dera Ismail Khan district and killed eight suspected terrorists, according to a statement issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) on Saturday.

"During the conduct of the operation, after an intense fire exchange, eight terrorists were killed," it read.

The ISPR statement said: "The killed terrorists remained actively involved in numerous terrorist activities against the security forces and target killing of innocent civilians. Weapons, ammunition and explosives were also recovered from killed terrorists."

ISPR stated that a "sanitisation operation" was under way to eliminate other terrorists in the area, adding,: "Security forces are determined to wipe out the menace of terrorism from the country." "Locals of the area appreciated the operation."

Two soldiers were martyred after a suicide bomber struck a military convoy on Tank Road in the same district a fortnight ago. Police said the attack also injured at least 22 personnel.

According to a police report, the convoy was on its way to Tank from Dera Ismail Khan when a suicide bomber rammed an explosive-laden vehicle into the convoy, resulting in the martyrdom of two soldiers on the spot and injuries to almost two dozen others.

In the immediate aftermath of the attack, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif expressed his unwavering commitment to wiping out terrorism. According to state broadcaster Radio Pakistan, the premier said the war against terrorism would continue until the menace was completely eradicated from the country.

 

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[H2]Militants attack police checkpost in Dera Ismail Khan[/H2]

Correspondent
April 6, 2024

DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Militants stormed a police checkpost in Kulachi tehsil here on Thursday night. However, the police retaliated promptly, forcing the miscreants to flee, an official said on Friday.

He said militants equipped with sophisticated weapons along with laser guns stormed the checkpost in Rorri area. He added the personnel responded promptly and repulsed the attack.


He said no casualty was reported in the incident.

Meanwhile, the police officers on Friday carried out security audit of various important places keeping in view the prevailing law and order.

An official said district police officer Nasir Mehmood had ordered the security audit of the important places in the city.

SP city Mohammad Ishaq Khan along with DSP headquarters Anwar Khan and DSP security Sardar Alamgir Khan visited central jail, Ejaz Shaheed Police Lines and police stations.

The SP city ordered to further enhance the security of police lines and police stations.

Meanwhile, DPO Nasir Mehmood visited the central jail and reviewed security arrangements there. Jail superintendent Samiullah Khan Shinwari briefed the DPO about the measures taken for internal and external security of the prison.

 

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DERA ISMAIL KHAN
08 TERRORIST'S ELIMINATED
ISPR

On 5th April 2024, security forces conducted an Intelligence Based Operation (IBO) in Dera Ismail Khan District on reported presence of terrorists.

During the conduct of operation, after an intense fire exchange, eight Terrorists were sent to hell.

The terrorists remained actively involved in numerous terrorist activities against the security forces and target killing of innocent civilians. Weapons, ammunition and explosives were also recovered from killed terrorists.

 

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[H2]2 terrorists killed in exchange of fire with militants in North Waziristan: ISPR[/H2]

Iftikhar Shirazi
April 7, 2024

Two terrorists were killed in an exchange of fire between security forces and militants in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's North Waziristan district, the military's media affairs wing said on Sunday.

A press release from the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said that a fire exchange took place between terrorists and security forces last night.

"Own troops effectively engaged the terrorists' location as a result of which two terrorists were sent to hell. Weapons and explosives were also recovered from them," it said.

"Weapons and explosives were also recovered from them," it said.

"Sanitisation operation is being conducted to eliminate any other terrorist found in the area as the security forces of Pakistan are determined to wipe out the menace of terrorism from the country," it said.

A day earlier, security forces killed 10 terrorists in two operations in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Meanwhile, two terrorists were killed in an intelligence-based operation in Balochistan's Panjgur district.

Pakistan has witnessed an uptick in terror activities, especially in KP and Balochistan after the banned militant Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan ended its ceasefire with the government in November 2022.

According to a security report recently issued by the Centre for Research and Security Studies, Pakistan witnessed 432 violence-linked fatalities and 370 injuries among civilians, security personnel, and outlaws, resulting from as many as 245 incidents of terror attacks and counter-terror operations during the first quarter of 2024.

KP and Balochistan, both bordering Afghanistan, accounted for over 92 per cent of all fatalities and 86pc of attacks, including incidents of terrorism and security forces operations, during this period. Individually, the former suffered 51pc and the latter 41pc of all fatalities in the first quarter of 2024, the report said.

 

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Eagle Eye
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On 09 April 24, Security Forces conducted an intelligence based operation in South Waziristan District.

During conduct of the operation, after an intense fire exchange, two terrorists were successfully neutralised and sent to hell.

Weapons along with a large quantity of explosives were also recovered from killed terrorists, who remained actively involved in numerous terrorist activities in the area.

 

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ISPR
On 13 April 2024, security forces conducted an intelligence based operation in Buner District, on reported presence of terrorists.

During the conduct of operation, after an intense fire exchange, HVT Terrorist ring leader Saleem Rabbani was sent to hell, while two other terrorists were injured. Terrorist Saleem Rabbani remained actively involved in numerous terrorist activities against the security forces as well as extortion & target killings of innocent civilians. He was highly wanted by the Law enforcement agencies and Government had fixed Head money of PKR 5 Million on him.

However, during the operation, two brave sons of soil, Lance Havildar Mudassar Mehmood (age-36 yrs; resident of district Rawalpindi) and Lance Naik Haseeb Javed (age-27 yrs; resident of district Poonch, AJ&K), having fought gallantly, embraced Shahadat.

 

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[H2]Militants' attempt to attack Lakki Marwat police station foiled[/H2]

Our Correspondent
April 19, 2024


LAKKI MARWAT: The police foiled an attempt by militants to attack a police station in Bargai area here, claimed a police official on Thursday. The official said that a group of militants assembled in the remote rural area late Wednesday night to target the police station building.

He added that the personnel deployed at the police station noticed movement of the armed miscreants with the help of modern gadgets and opened fire on them. "Before the terrorists could strengthen their position, the policemen who were fully alert attacked them," he maintained, adding that the quick response by police left the armed terrorists with no option but to flee the area.

The Bargai police station was established in 2021 to maintain law and order in the peripheries of the district and check infiltration of militants from adjacent tribal districts of erstwhile Fata.
In Dec 2022, four policemen were martyred and four others including an ASI were injured when terrorists attacked a police station in Bargai area.

Meanwhile, a kingpin of a bandits' gang was injured in an encounter with police in Tajori Town here on Thursday.
A police official told Dawn that an intense fire exchange took place when police came face-to-face with the bandits near Kattukhel Adda. He said that a party of Tajori police station reached the area on receiving information about the presence of proclaimed offenders Naseer Khan, a ringleader of bandits' gang, and Tahir Khan. "When policemen reached the area, the armed men opened fire on them in a bid to flee the place on a motorcycle," he maintained.