Pakistan: Girls school destroyed in North Waziristan bomb blast

A girls’ middle school in Zeraki village, North Waziristan, was destroyed in a late-night explosion on Monday. The blast occurred in the early hours in the Mir Ali district, reducing the school building to ruins. Police reports indicate that unidentified Read More …

Pakistan: Deadly explosion near city hospital in South Waziristan leaves four dead

A bomb explosion near City Hospital on Karikot Road tragic in South Waziristan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where a resulted in the deaths of at least four individuals. Sources indicated that the blast, suspected to be from an explosive-laden motorcycle, targeted a Read More …

Pakistan: Casualties reported after two separate terrorist attacks in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province

Two soldiers and five civilians were martyred in a terrorist attack on a rural health centre in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Dera Ismail Khan district, the military’s media wing said on Tuesday. In a separate terrorist attack targeting Bannu Cantonment on Monday Read More …

Pakistan: 3 killed, seven injured in Mardan remote-controlled bomb blast: police

Three people were killed while seven others were injured as a result of an explosion on Friday in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Mardan district when a remote-controlled explosive device planted on a bridge was set off, police officials said. Sadar Superintendent of Read More …

Pakistan: Former senator Hidayatullah Khan, 4 others killed in Bajaur IED blast

Former senator Hidayatullah Khan was killed, along with four others, on Wednesday in a blast from an improvised explosive device (IED) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Bajaur, officials said. Malakand Regional Police Officer Muhammad Ali Khan Gandapur told Dawn that the former Read More …

Pakistan: Three civilians killed in a bomb explosion in Turbat

A roadside bomb exploded in Pakistan’s volatile Baluchistan province on Monday, killing a woman and two children, officials said. Four people were walking through an area in Baluchistan’s Turbat district when the bomb planted by “terrorists” went off, said local Read More …

Afghanistan: Taliban to relocate TTP fighters from border to other provinces

Reports say that the Taliban are planning to relocate members of Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) from border areas to other provinces in Afghanistan. This decision comes after months of discussions between the Taliban, Pakistan, and China. According to sources, the Taliban Read More …

Pakistan: Security forces ‘carried out over 7,000 anti-terror ops’ in less than 3 months

Pakistan’s security forces have carried out as many as 7,745 anti-terror operations from April 1 to June 10 in their bid to curb the scourge of terrorism faced by the country, sources told Geo News on Wednesday. These operations were Read More …

Pakistan’s army says bomb blast kills seven soldiers

A bomb blast targeting a military truck killed seven soldiers on Sunday in northwestern Pakistan along the border with Afghanistan, the army said. The incident took place in the Lakki Marwat district which is on the edge of a lawless Read More …

Pakistan: Child killed, another injured in Bajaur blast

A child was killed and another injured when they fell prey to a roadside blast of an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in Mamond tehsil of Bajaur district on Wednesday. Police said the incident occurred in Loi Kharkai area of Mamond Read More …

Pakistan: IED Blast Kills Four Pakistani Soldiers In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

At least four Pakistan Army soldiers were killed while three others injured in an IED blast in the country’s restive northwest region, police said on Saturday. The incident occurred late on Friday evening when the security forces were on patrolling Read More …

Pakistan: Suspected militants burn girls’ school in North Waziristan, in third such attack this month

A group of militants used kerosine to set fire to a girls’ school in a former Pakistani Taliban stronghold, destroying furniture, computers and books, police said Wednesday, in the latest in a surge in such attacks. No one was hurt Read More …

Pakistan: Man killed, two others injured in Bajaur blast

A man was killed and two others wounded when their vehicle hit an improvised explosive device (IED) planted at a roadside in Mamund tehsil of Bajaur district on Monday. Police and locals said the incident occurred in Lara Bandagi area Read More …

Pakistan arrests 11 involved in attack on Chinese nationals

Pakistan’s National Counter-Terrorism Authority Coordinator Muhammad Tahir Rai said Sunday that security forces have arrested 11 suspects accused involved in an attack on Chinese nationals in March this year. Addressing a joint press conference here with Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi, Read More …

Pakistan: Grenades hurled at Peshawar police post

Unidentified persons hurled three hand grenades on a police post in Jumma Khan Khwarh area in the jurisdiction of Nasir Bagh police station on the outskirts of the provincial capital on Sunday night. The city police said of the three Read More …

Pakistan: Seven security personnel martyred in North Waziristan

Seven security personnel were martyred and two others sustained injuries in two militant attacks on security forces at different locations in North Wazir­istan on Saturday, local sources said. They said the first attack took place in the Hassan Khel area Read More …

Pakistan: After lull in March, militant attacks rise by 38pc in April

The Pakistan Institute for Conflict and Security Studies (PICSS) on Wednesday unveiled its monthly security assessment report, revealing that after a brief lull in March, militant attacks in Pakistan surged once more in April 2024, with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, particularly its Read More …

Pakistan: Six Frontier Corps personnel injured in Khyber IED blast

Six Frontier Corps personnel were injured in an improvised explosive device attack on a military convoy in Upper Bara here on Wednesday. Security officials in the region said that suspected militants targeted an FC convoy in Enzara area of Upper Read More …

Pakistan: Two killed in Tirah IED explosion

Two boys were killed and another sustained injuries when an improvised explosive device (IED) went off in the Maidan area of Tirah valley on Saturday, local and official sources said. The victims were reportedly searching for mushrooms in a hilly Read More …

Pakistan: Two children killed, three injured in Shawaal IED blast

Two children were killed and three others injured in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast in Shawaal area, South Waziristan on Friday. The bodies and injured children have been shifted to hospital. The deceased were identified as Fakharuddin and Noor Muhammad. Read More …