Five martyred after Army helicopter crashes in Chitral, ISPR confirms
All five personnel aboard an Army MI-17 helicopter were martyred when it crashed in Chitral on Monday, according to the Inter-Services Public Relations. ISPR said that the incident occurred during a routine training flight. All five officials onboard including Major Atif, Major Faisal, Naib Subedar Maqbool, Havaldar Jahangir and Naik Amir were martyred in the […]
Operation in Dir kills 8 militants
A joint counter-terrorism operation by police and the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) in Upper Dir district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province entered its third day, with the death toll of militants rising to eight, including a key commander identified as Sajjad. According to DPO Syed Muhammad Bilal, Sajjad’s body was recovered from a militant hideout during a […]
Nine soldiers, including captain, martyred in Washuk ambush
Nine Pakistani soldiers, including a captain, were martyred and six others wounded in an ambush in the Basima area of Washuk district, Balochistan, according to local sources. The attack occurred late last night when a large group of armed assailants launched an assault on a main Pakistani army camp in Basima. The attack involved heavy […]
Five security personnel martyred in Rahim Yar Khan attack
Five officials of Punjab’s Elite Force were martyred in an attack by dacoits in Rahim Yar Khan on Thursday night. At least two officials were injured in the attack as well. At least one dacoit was gunned down in the operation launched in reponse. The dacoits attacked the Sheikhani picket in Rahim Yar Khan with […]
Bolan Mail train bogie damaged in Balochistan track explosion
A bomb blast targeting a railway track in Balochistan’s Sibi district partially damaged a bogie of the Quetta-bound Bolan Mail train on Thursday. According to station master Murtaza, the explosion occurred between Bakhtiarabad and Damboli, damaging bogie number 7. Despite the damage, the train reached Sibi railway station safely. Muhammad Kashif, public relations officer for […]
Territorialism and tribal rivalry: Inside the power struggle between TTP and Hafiz Gul Bahadur group
In mid-January, a top commander of the proscribed Hafiz Gul Bahadur Group repudiated his own group to pledge allegiance to the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). This marked the hiatus of a process that has just begun to expand. Non-state actors (NSAs) with jihadist leanings have always been territorially antagonistic to other groups despite aligned goals. The […]
Afghan national involved in terrorism killed in Balochistan: ISPR
Pakistan Army said on Tuesday that it had killed an Afghan national involved in terrorism in Balochistan. According to a statement from the Inter-Services Public Relations, the Afghan national was identified as Muhammad Khan Ahmedkhel, Son of Haji Qasim Dawran Khan, resident of Village Bilorai, District Wazekhwa, Paktika Province, Afghanistan. ISPR added that Ahmedkhel was […]
Biden administration swaps two Americans for Taliban prisoner
Hours before Donald Trump was sworn into office, the United States government reached an agreement with the Afghan Taliban to complete a prisoner exchange. The deal involved the release of two American citizens, Ryan Corbett and William McKenty, by the Taliban in exchange for Khan Mohammed, a member of the Afghan Taliban being held by […]
Gunship helicopters target ‘miscreants’ in Kurram, over a dozen families displaced
A sanitising operation in Kurram district of the province Khyber Pakhtunkhwa targeted hideouts of miscreants in the area on Monday. However, no deaths have been reported so far. According to local sources, the hideouts were targeted through gunship helicopters in Pastwani, Manddara, Sangrobba and Jarrni areas. The operation will also involve collecting weapons from armed […]
Another polio case detected in DI Khan after terrorism derails vaccination drive
Another case of polio virus has been detected in Drazinda, a merged tehsil in Dera Ismail Khan. The latest case has taken the tehsil’s total number of cases to 11. According to the district health officer, the vaccination campaign in the area was severely hampered by terrorism. Terrorism has targeted polio vaccination workers and security […]