Acts of Terrorism in Pakistan

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PESHAWAR: Militants blew up two primary schools in separate incidents in the Charsadda district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa on Tuesday. The buildings were completely destroyed and no casualties were reported, police said.

The first incident took place in the Matta Mughal Khel area, which is located close to the Mohmand tribal region. A government-run girls primary school was destroyed after a bomb placed outside the building in a tin detonated, police said. The second school was blown up in Bareesa Ghundai, where militants placed a time bomb outside a boys primary school. Only one room remained intact after the blast.

Militants blow up 2 schools in Charsadda – The Express Tribune

 

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Six suspected TTP militants arrested in Karachi:

Crime Investigation Department (CID) on December 19 claimed to have arrested six suspects and recovered weapons from their possession from different places including Korangi Industrial Area, Sohrab Goth and Saddar area of Karachi, reported Daily Times. Officials said that the accused were associated with the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and used to provide logistic support to TTP militants who arrived in the city from tribal areas. The detained suspects include Ejaz, Fateh Khan, Akbar Khan, Tabish, Imam Buksh and Adnan Khan. A Kalashnikov, four TT pistols and narcotics were also recovered from their possession. According to details, one of them, Ejaz is said to be an activist of a political party.

 

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30 Taliban killed in Orakzai:

KALAYA: At least 30 terrorists were killed and 18 security personnel were injured in the ongoing operation in Upper Orakzai Agency on Wednesday.

According to sources, security forces were advancing towards Alikhail and Kago Qamar areas of Upper Orakzai Agency where a clash between security forces and terrorists took place in which at least 18 soldiers including Major Samiaullah were injured. Military helicopters shifted the injured to CMH Kohat. Some of the injured were stated to be in critical condition.

In retaliation, the security forces opened fire on terrorists, killing at least 18 of them on the spot. The security forces’ helicopters fired shells at the terrorists’ hideouts, destroying five hideouts and killing 12 terrorists.

The security sources said that a store of explosive material and two vehicles used by the terrorists were also destroyed. A political administration official confirmed that 30 terrorists were killed. inp

Daily Times - Leading News Resource of Pakistan

 

[Roybot]

One security official killed, 19 missing in South Waziristan- The Express Tribune

PESHAWAR: Militants killed one security official and reportedly kidnapped 19 in an attack on security forces in the Mullazai area north of the Tank district near the South Waziristan tribal area on Friday.

According to sources, the incident took place at around 2:30 am. “The men were from the Frontier Constabulary,” an official said while confirming that 19 people were missing who were “probably taken captive” he said.

The exact number of militants could not be determined. The attack was launched on Mullzai Fort, a guarded fortress used to bombard militant hideouts with artillery shelling during operations, which confirmed that a large number of people must have attacked the secure installation.

Sources also said that the initial number of FC personnel missing after the attack was 23 but seven of them had returned back safely.

 

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Woman killed, five injured in mortar shell attack in Khyber Agency
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A woman was killed and five others injured when a mortar shell landed on a house here in Bara on early Friday morning.
According to local sources, a mortar shell fired from unknown location landed at a residential house in Shalobar area of Khyber Agency.
A portion of the house was destroyed and a woman was killed while five others including women and children sustained injuries.
The neighbours and relatives of the victim family rescued the injured and shifted them to hospital for treatment. According to hospital sources condition of two injured persons was serious.
Political administration sources said that the house was not target of the miscreants but the shell landed before reaching the target.
Woman killed, five injured in mortar shell attack in Khyber Agency | Pakistan | News | Newspaper | Daily | English | Online

 

[salmakh84]

Aren't mortars used by our army.

 

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Terrorism: Militants blow up another school in FATA – The Express Tribune

LANDI KOTAL: A middle school of the Bacha Khan Foundation was blown up by militants in Khuga Khel on Thursday night. Fortunately, no casualties were reported.

 

[Yeti]

Pakistan security officials say a bomb blast has killed two Pakistani soldiers in the country's northwest near the Afghan border.

The remote-controlled bomb ripped through a vehicle in a military convoy Saturday on the outskirts of Miran Shah, the main town in the North Waziristan tribal region.

No one claimed responsibility for the attack, but the area is a stronghold of Taliban and al-Qaida-linked militants.

Elsewhere in the northwest, a homemade bomb has exploded outside a tribal elder's home in the Khyber tribal region, killing two people and wounding at least four others.

A major land route to Afghanistan passes through Khyber and was used to supply U.S.-led coalition troops before Pakistan suspended it to protest a November NATO air attack that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers.

Also Saturday, security officials say military gunship helicopters attacked militant hideouts in the neighboring Orakzai tribal region, killing at least 10 militants. The death toll could not be independently verified.

On Friday, a car bomb killed at least 13 people in the country's southwestern province of Baluchistan.

Police say the device went off outside a house in the provincial capital, Quetta. The house was used by the family of former provincial minister Naseer Mengal.

There was no immediate word as to whether Mengal or any members of his family were among the victims. There was also no immediate claim of responsibility.

Baluchistan has been in the grip of a regional insurgency for years as separatist militants fight for more autonomy and greater control over natural resources.

The province bordering Iran and Afghanistan also is home to pro-Taliban militants.

 

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Blast in Khyber Agency kills two, injures 13 | Pakistan | DAWN.COM

PESHAWAR: A bomb blast killed two people and injured 13 in the Landi Kotal area of Khyber Agency on Saturday.
The blast occurred in the compound of a local tribal leader Malik Rasool Khan while a tribal council meeting (jirga) was underway on the auction of a local bus stop, DawnNews reported.
As a result of the blast, two school going children who were passing by were killed while 13 people, including 10 children were injured, sources said.
Three tribal landlords are also included in the injured.
The injured victims were admitted to the Khyber Agency headquarter hospital.

 

[TaimiKhan]

Aren't mortars used by our army.

No, mortars are used by militants also, and these stray mortars are mostly from their side.

 

[Gautam]

QUETTA, Pakistan — Three Pakistani
soldiers and an anti-Taliban fighter
were killed on Sunday in two separate
bomb attacks in Pakistan, officials
said.
The first incident took place in Salarzai
town, about 20 kilometres (12 miles)
northeast of Khar, the main city in
Bajaur tribal district along the Afghan
border when a remote-controlled
bomb hit a shop, killing an anti-Taliban
militiaman and wounding three others,
an official said.
The injured were two other anti-
Taliban fighters and a passer-by,
senior government official Faaz
Mohammad told AFP
"The bomb destroyed the shop and
killed one anti-Taliban fighter," the
official said.
Bajaur is a part of Pakistan's seven
tribal districts which are rife with
homegrown insurgents and are
strongholds of Taliban and Al-Qaeda
operatives.
Pakistan has for years battled
homegrown insurgents in the tribal
belt. More than 3,000 soldiers have
died but Pakistan has resisted US
pressure to do more to eliminate
havens used by insurgents.
The second incident took place when a
roadside buried landmine hit a vehicle
in the country's southwest on Sunday,
killing three soldiers, a security official
said.
The incident occured near Sui town,
some 400 kilometres southwest of
Quetta, capital of Baluchistan province.
"Troops were patrolling in the area.
Three soldiers were killed and two
were injured. It was a landmine blast,"
a spokesman for paramilitary Frontier
Corps told AFP.
The troubled Baluchistan province
which neighbours both Afghanistan and
Iran and is gripped by a regional
insurgency for self-determination. It is
also a flashpoint for Taliban and
sectarian violence.

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AFP: Pakistan bomb kills three soldiers

 

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RIP to the dead

 

[Gautam]

my prayers for the dead soldiers. very unfortunate incident on the first day of the year.

 

[Areesh]

RIP to the troops. You sacrifice won't go wasted.

 

[Roybot]

3 killed in Sui landmine explosion – The Express Tribune

QUETTA: Four people were killed and two others sustained injuries in a landmine explosion in Sui area of Dera Bugti on Sunday.

According to sources, a vehicle was passing through the area when it hit a landmine placed by unknown persons. As a result, three people died on the spot while two others sustained injuries.Security forces and levies personnel rushed to the spot soon after the explosion and shifted the bodies and injured to nearby state-run hospital.The identities of the victims could not be ascertained immediately.

The banned outfit Baloch Republican Army (BRA) claimed responsibility for the attack. According to a private TV channel, BRA’s spokesperson said that security forces’ vehicle was the target.