Terror attack averted in NW Pakistan as 42-kg IED defused

A major terror attack was averted in northwest Pakistan on Tuesday when an IED containing 42 kg of high explosive planted beneath a bridge was defused by security forces. Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) of Police wing of Malakand Region recovered Read More …

Pakistan: Two constables injured in DI Khan IED blast

At least two police constables were seriously injured while the vehicle was partially damaged in an IED blast in the limits of Kulachi police station in the Dera Ismail Khan on Saturday, the local police told The Express Tribune over the phone. Read More …

Police seize huge cache of explosives, arms from Dera Ismail Khan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province

Police have foiled a major terror bid by recovering a huge amount of explosives, arms and ammunition in two different intelligence-based search and strike operations in Dera Ismail Khan on Sunday. According to the police, more than 20 kilograms (kg) Read More …

Pakistan: At least 3 killed in roadside IED blast in Upper Dir: police

At least three people were killed after a bomb went off in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Upper Dir district on Sunday. The blast, which occurred in the Gumadand area of the Sheringal tehsil, left at least a dozen people injured, said police. Read More …

Pakistan: Nine people killed in complex attack involving female suicide bomber

At least nine people have been killed and 30 others were injured in Pakistan after a complex attack involving a suicide bomber, believed to be a woman wearing a burqa. The bomber struck outside a hospital as the wounded were Read More …

Soldier killed, 3 injured in blast in NW Pakistan

A roadside bomb blast in Pakistan’s northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province killed one soldier and injured three others on Wednesday, local media reported. According to the reports, some unknown terrorists attacked a military vehicle with an Improvised Explosive Device which was Read More …

One bomb at a time: life in the throes of Pakistan’s Taliban

On a fateful September morning in 2013, police at Peshawar’s control centre received a call from one of its units in the suburbs. The caller said an improvised explosive device (IED) had been planted on Frontier Road, which separates Peshawar Read More …

Roadside IED blast kills bomb disposal expert in Mohmand, Pakistan

A bomb disposal official of security forces was martyred and another injured when an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) went off in the Safi sub-division of Mohmand tribal district on Wednesday morning. Sources in security forces and district administration confirmed the Read More …

Law enforcement agencies foil terror bid in NW Pakistan

Pakistani law enforcement agencies have foiled a major terror bid and recovered two roadside bombs aimed at security forces’ vehicles in Pakistan’s northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) province on Thursday, local Urdu TV channels reported. The bombs were recovered from the Read More …