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Gunmen have opened fire on convoys of Shia pilgrims in northwestern Pakistan, killing at least 42 people, according to authorities in the restive province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Women and children were among the fatalities in the attacks in the Kurram Read More …
The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on Wednesday that 12 security personnel were martyred in a suicide blast in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s (KP) District Bannu. The military’s media wing, in a statement, said that terrorists or “khawarij” attempted to attack a Read More …
A powerful car bomb accidentally detonated at the house of a Pakistani Taliban militant in northwestern Pakistan on Thursday, killing at least two children and five suspected militants, police said. The explosion took place before dawn in the city of Read More …
A roadside bomb exploded near a vehicle carrying security forces in northwestern Pakistan, killing four officers and wounding five others, officials said. The roadside bombing happened in South Waziristan district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, local police officer Dilawar Khan said Read More …
A suicide bomber detonated at a checkpoint in western Pakistan on Saturday, killing eight people and wounding five more, officials said. The bomber set off the blast from the back of a motorbike rickshaw near the town of Mir Ali Read More …
Pakistan’s security forces killed nine terrorists, including two suicide bombers, during an operation in the Bajaur district, according to the military’s media wing, ISPR. The operation was conducted on the night of October 23-24, following intelligence reports of the militants’ Read More …
Four militants, including a local commander, were killed in a fierce exchange of fire between two factions of the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in South Waziristan district on Saturday, sources said. The deceased militants included commander Niaz Wazir, alias Umar, Read More …
Four policemen, including the in-charge of the police post, were injured on Wednesday when an improvised explosive device (IED) went off near a police van in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Buner district, a police official said. The incident is the latest in Read More …
Three police officers were injured on Saturday when a roadside bomb exploded near a police mobile in Bajaur tehsil of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. According to officials, the police vehicle was on routine patrol when it hit an improvised explosive device (IED), Read More …
At least sixteen personnel were injured after an explosion ripped through the second floor of the city police station in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Swabi district on Thursday, police said. A statement from the Swabi police spokesperson said the explosion was caused Read More …
A police official and his driver remained unharmed in an improvised explosive device explosion near Atal Sharif on Kulachi-Hathala road on Tuesday. The police said that Superintendent of Police, Saddar Circle, Khalid Usman Khattak, along with his driver were in Read More …
An explosion targeting a convoy of diplomats from 12 countries in the Swat region of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, resulted in the death of a police officer and injuries to four others. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police confirmed that the security forces were Read More …
It has been revealed that the video game PUBG is being used for further coordination in terrorism activities in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. Terrorists were using PUBG to chat and share information in chat groups within the game. According to DPO Swat Dr. Read More …
Six police personnel and seven civilians were injured in an explosion in Wana tehsil of South Waziristan district, on Monday morning. Separately, Gomal University Vice Chancellor Dr Shakibullah came under an armed attack while he was leaving the University of Read More …
The son of a tribal elder was killed in a remote controlled IED attack on his car in Lower South Waziristan district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. Police told The Express Tribune that in the Wana tehsil of South Waziristan an IED targeted Read More …
A police van narrowly escaped an IED explosion on Warsak Road on the outskirts of the provincial capital on Wednesday morning. DSP Warsak division Arbab Naeem said the explosion took place seconds after a police mobile van passed the site Read More …
One security personnel was killed and two critically wounded in an IED blast targeting a vehicle of a militia force in Kurram district on Wednesday night. In another incident, unknown militants attacked a Toudu Obbu Frontier Corps check post killing Read More …
Pakistan has recently announced a fresh counter-terrorism operation, Azm-e-Istehkam, to rein in the surging terrorism in the country. This is not the first operation against terrorism in Pakistan and unfortunately, may not be the last one. Since the September 11 attacks Read More …
In response to the heightened threat of abductions and IED attacks against government employees in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the Home Department has issued immediate security directives. This follows a recent attack on a convoy of judges in Dera Ismail Khan, which Read More …
An explosion rocked Tirah Valley, a remote region in the Khyber district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, injuring three police officials, including the post in-charge. Sources reported that the incident occurred in the Sairey Kandao area of Tirah when a police vehicle Read More …