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Eight freed after militants take PAEC men hostage in Lakki

Ghulam Mursalin Marwat
January 10, 2025

• 3 injured shifted to DHQ; rescue operation underway to recover remaining abductees
• Security forces kill three militants from TTP-affiliated group; soldier martyred, four hurt in D.I. Khan ambush

LAKKI MARWAT: At least 17 private workers of the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC), along with their driver, were kidnapped by armed militants on Thursday while travelling along the Lakki-Darra Tang Road.

A senior police official, speaking on condition of anonymity, confirmed the abduction and said that a rescue operation was immediately launched after the incident. “Eight workers have been recovered so far, including one who was injured,” the official said.

Another official said that there were three injured workers and that they had been shifted to the district headquarters hospital.

Sources said the private PAEC workers were on their way to a project site in the Qaboolkhel area of the district when their private coach was intercepted by armed assailants near Wanda Painda Khan.

The kidnappers took the hostages to an undisclosed location, later abandoning and setting fire to the coach in a forested area along the Kurram River.

Hours after the incident, videos purportedly showing the abducted workers surfaced on social media, with the workers appealing to the government to meet the militants’ demands to secure their release.
 
one must wonder why the cm of kpk is in bed with terrorists and is busy using taxpayer money to occasionally ransack the capital instead of taking charge and looking after the terrorism and sectarian violence?
 

8 terrorists killed in separate KP operations: ISPR

Dawn.com
January 14, 2025


Security forces killed eight terrorists during two separate operations in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the military’s media wing said on Tuesday.

According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), “On 12-13 January 2025, eight khwarij were sent to hell in two separate engagements in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.”

The security forces conducted an intelligence-based operation in the Tank District. “After the troops effectively engaged the terrorists at their location, six khwarij were sent to hell”, the statement said.

Another encounter took place in the general area of Tirah valley, Khyber District, where the forces “successfully neutralised two terrorists.”
 
08 foreigners killed in clearance operation by security forces in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
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06 in tank

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02 In the Tirah Valley


 
Kurram update

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Demolition of bunkers of both sides in Kurram continues, official sources
More than 30 bunkers have been demolished so far, official sources say.
The total number of bunkers is over 250, official sources say.
Over the past few weeks, 453 supply vehicles have been delivered to Kurram in various convoys, official sources said.
Distribution of relief funds to the victims of Kurram is also ongoing, official sources said.

 
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