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India-Pakistan

Explosions, gunfire rock Lakki amid reports of more attacks

2023-04-28

[Dawn] Multiple attacks, suspected to be terror incidents, were reported from across different parts of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa on Thursday night, but there was no official word from military or security agencies regarding the incidents, or the number of casualties.

A powerful explosion, followed by several blasts and heavy gunfire, rocked Lakki Marwat city on Thursday night, official sources said. Sources said the blast took place near the Government Postgraduate College, which houses security forces and a military camp. Residents said that after the first explosion, several other blasts were also heard, followed by heavy gunfire, which partially damaged houses in the settled area.

People came out of their homes after the first blast shook the area, but subsequent explosions and gunfire drove them indoors.

Citing preliminary reports, sources said bully boyz had attacked a military compound late in the night. "It was a bomb and gun attack," they said, adding that troops retaliated and a fierce gunbattle continued for about an hour.

The management of the district headquarters hospital called doctors and paramedics to duty to cope with any possible emergency.

A hospital staffer said that doctors and paramedics were put on alert, but no victim had been brought to the facility thus far.

Muhammad Ashfaq Khan, Lakki Marwat’s district police officer, told Dawn that the exchange of fire stopped and no casualty had been reported until going to print.

"All installations of the army and police are safe," he said, adding that security had been beefed up across the district after the attack.

The attack came after three murderous Moslems, who had targeted a retired colonel in his guestroom, were killed on April 24 in a shootout with counterterrorism and coppers in the Paharakhel Thall village of Lakki Marwat.

A CTD inspector, Javed Iqbal, who was maimed in the exchange of fire later succumbed to wounds at a hospital in Bannu.

Meanwhile,
...back at the precinct house, Don Calamari's lawyer was getting even redder in the face...
a number of other incidents were also reported in the early hours of Friday; two in the Janikhel area of Bannu district and one in the Mir Kalam area of Tank district. However,
the man who has no enemies isn't anybody and has never done anything...
neither police nor Inter-Services Public Relations offered any information until the time of going to print.

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India-Pakistan

Soldier martyred in Bannu IED blast: ISPR

2023-01-24

[Dawn] A Pakistain Army soldier was martyred after an improvised bomb (IED) went kaboom! in Janikhel area of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s Bannu district, the military’s media affairs wing said on Monday.

The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) identified the martyred soldier as 24-year-old Sepoy Gul Sher, a resident of Khyber district.

"Sanitisation of the area is being carried out to eliminate any gunnies in the area," the brief ISPR statement said.

President Dr Arif Alvi expressed sorrow and paid tribute to the martyred soldier.

Last week, four soldiers were martyred, and as many bad boyz were potted in separate incidents in parts of Balochistan
...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it...
Over the past few months, the law and order situation in the country has worsened, with terrorist groups executing attacks with near impunity across the country.

Insurgents in Balochistan have also stepped up their ~~violent~~ mostly peaceful activities and formalised a nexus with the outlawed Tehrik-e-Taliban
Taliban

...Arabic for students...
Pakistain (TTP).

The year 2022 ended with December as the deadliest month for Pakistain as the country suffered as many as 376 terror attacks in the year that resulted in an increased number of casualties in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan.

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India-Pakistan

10 soldiers martyred in terrorist attack on checkpost in Balochistan's Kech: ISPR

2022-01-28

[Dawn] Ten soldiers were martyred after Death Eaters attacked a security forces' checkpost in Balochistan
...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it...
's Kech district, the military's media affairs wing said on Thursday.

According to a statement issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the "fire raid" by Death Eaters occurred on the night of Jan 25-26.

"During intense exchange of fire, one terrorist was killed and several injured. While repulsing terrorists' fire raid, 10 soldiers embraced martyrdom," the statement said.

It added that three Death Eaters had been apprehended in the follow-up clearance operation, which it said was still in progress to hunt down the perpetrators of the incident.

"The armed forces are determined to eliminate Death Eaters from our soil no matter what the cost," the ISPR statement said.

Earlier this month, a Pakistain Army soldier was martyred after Death Eaters attacked a military post in Bannu's Janikhel.

On January 5, two soldiers were martyred and as many Death Eaters killed in two separate intelligence-based operations (IBOs) conducted by security forces in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.

Last month, four soldiers of the Pakistain Army embraced martyrdom in an exchange of fire with Death Eaters during an IBO in the Mir Ali area of North Wazoo

Wazoo tribal district.

Al Ahram adds:

No group or individual claimed responsibility for the attack.

The latest violence comes days after a Baluchistan-based separatist group claimed responsibility for a bombing in the city of Lahore that killed three people.

Pakistan has recently seen a flurry of attacks across the country, including in urban areas.

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Afghanistan

'Infiltrators' Had Role in Fall of Districts in Paktia: Governor

2021-06-25

[ToloNews] Paktia governor Haleem Fedayee, on Thursday said that Taliban
Taliban

...the Pashtun equivalent of men...
infiltrators in the ranks of the security forces played a key role in the fall of the districts to the Taliban.

Also, a number of tribal elders helped the Taliban take over the districts, Fedayee said.
That good ol' Afghan Loyalty™
Meanwhile,
...back at the shootout, Butch shot Ike through the elbow. Take that, Ike! he yelled......
residents in Paktia have expressed alarm over the security forces leaving their checkpoints without resistance.

The centers of nine districts have fallen to the Taliban in the past one week.

"The presence of infiltrators among the tribal elders and the security forces in this situation is very perilous, this will have negative consequences," said Haleem Fedayee, governor of Paktia.

"Some agents among the tribal elders and the security forces wanted to demoralize the security forces, but the morale of the security forces is very high," said Yarbaz Hamidi, MP from Paktia.

"When the Taliban arrived, they were large in number; the tribal elders started mediation and the entire security forces surrendered and handed over their military equipment," said Baryalai Maftoon, a resident of Zazai Aryoub district in Paktia.

Paktia has 14 districts. The centers of nine districts including Janikhel, Dand-e-Pathan, Samkanai, Zazai Aryoub, Ahmadkhel, Lazhamangal, Mirzaka, Sayed Karam and Rohani Baba have fallen to the Taliban.

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Afghanistan

Taliban’s Military Advance 'Temporary': MoI

2021-06-24

[ToloNews] Reports indicate that the Taliban
Taliban

...Arabic for students...
have taken over the centers of Dand-e-Pathan and Janikhel districts in Paktia province, Shamalzai in Zabul province and Khash in Badakhshan province in the past 24 hours.

Meanwhile,
...back at the abandoned silver mine, a triangular dorsal fin appeared in the water. Then another...
sources confirm that eight district centers have fallen into Taliban control in the past 24 hours: Five districts (Said Karam, Ahmad Aba, Rohani Baba, Jani Khel and Dand-e Patan) in Paktia province, Khenjan in Baghlan, Shamalzai in Zabul and Khash in Badakhshan.

Meanwhile,
...back at the abandoned silver mine, a triangular dorsal fin appeared in the water. Then another...
footage on social media shows the Taliban claiming to have taken over Sher Khan Bandar port in the Imam Sahib district of Kunduz province.

The Afghan Ministry of Interior (MoI), however, has said that the Taliban’s recent military advance is temporary, and they will be pushed back soon by security forces.

"How have they gotten this much strength within a month's time and moved toward Mazar-e-Sharif, toward Faryab and Takhar? This is propaganda, it is a temporary thing, even the Taliban themselves do not believe that they have reached these regions," said Naqibullah Fayeq, deputy minister of interior for security and strategy.

Meanwhile,
...back at the abandoned silver mine, a triangular dorsal fin appeared in the water. Then another...
Tajikistan’s media reported that over 130 Afghan border police who were deployed in Sher Khan Bandar port have fled to Tajikistan after facing Taliban attacks.

Security authorities in Kunduz province have said that the security forces are determined to retake lost territories from the Taliban.

"Our security forces show a strong spirit to resist, and have the courage to retake the district. God willing, we assure you that the enemy will never be able to takeover Ali Abad district," said Mohammad Haikal, Ali Abad district governor.

"We retook Ali Abad region, we are now ready to move toward Khan Abad," said Mohammad Omar Pakhsaparan, Aqtash district governor in Kunduz.

There are also reports that the Taliban has taken over Khash district.

In the past 48 hours, the Taliban also attacked Ab Band district in Ghazni and managed to take over a security checkpoint.

The Afghan government on Tuesday said that the Afghan National Security and Defense Forces (ANDSF) recaptured three strategic districts from the Taliban: Balkh district in Balkh, Dushi district in Baghlan and Ali Abad district in Kunduz.

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Afghanistan

Baghlan: Clashes Ongoing in Capital Pul-e-Khumri

2021-06-24

[ToloNews] Police special forces and commandos on Wednesday assured the people that soon Pul-e- Khumri city, capital of northern Baghlan province, will break free from the Taliban
Taliban

...Arabic for students...
siege.

Residents of the city told TOLOnews news hound Sharif Amiry, who is in Pul-e-Khumri, they have left all their belongings and moved to the secure parts of the city.

"Not just in our village, if you see, the people are being displaced in every village, district and across the province," said Sultan, a resident of Pul-e-Khumri.

Dahna-e-Ghori, Burka, Nahrin, Jalga, Baghlan-e-Markzai and Doshi districts of Baghlan fell to the Taliban in the past two weeks, according to local officials and sources.

On the battlefield, police special forces, commandos and public uprising forces are fighting against the Taliban.

"They (Taliban) blocked a road in PD2 (of Pul-e-Khumri) and we are going to clear the road," said Fawad Nabard, commander of the 888 police unit.

"The people must not lose their morale and must not fear. Nothing will happen, we will fight, and the people should just stay in their homes," said Kaka Jan, a police officer.

TOLOnews' Amiry said that despite the ongoing festivities in Pul-e-Khumri, the people are continuing with their normal life and the shops and government organizations are open and conducting business.

"The people have concerns. Six or seven districts fell to the Taliban and the central government has yet to pay attention to the situation," said Manlang Andarabi, a resident of Pul-e-Khumri.

"The government must send more troops to Baghlan and not let the property of the people and the government be stolen," said resident Frayab Aslami.

Reports indicate that the Taliban has taken over the centers of Dand-e-Pathan and Janikhel districts in Paktia province, Shamalzai in Zabul province and Khash in northern Badakhshan province over the past 24 hours.

However,
ars longa, vita brevis...
the Afghan Ministry of Interior (MoI) has said that the Taliban’s recent military advance is temporary and will be pushed back soon by security forces.

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Afghanistan

ANDSF Recaptures Three Districts in North as War Intensifies

2021-06-23

[ToloNews] The Afghan government on Tuesday said that the Afghan National Security and Defense Forces (ANDSF) recaptured three strategic districts from the Taliban
Taliban

...mindless ferocity in a turban...
: Balkh district in Balkh, Dushi district in Baghlan and Ali Abad district in Kunduz.

However,
a good lie finds more believers than a bad truth...
local sources said that over the past 24 hours the Taliban has captured several districts from the ANDSF in the country.

The districts which fell to the Taliban are Gul Tapa, Ali Abad and Chahardara districts in Kunduz, Baghlan-e-Markazi and Nahrain districts in Baghlan, Khamab and Qarqin districts in Jawzjan, Jaghato in Maidan Wardak, Lajmangal and Ahmadkhel in Paktia, Shajoy in Zabul, Maiwand in Kandahar and Choora in Uruzgan.

In the northern part of the country, fighting continues in these quiet provincial capitals: Kunduz city in Kunduz, Maimana in Faryab, Taluqan in Takhar, Pul-e-Khumri in Baghlan and Sar-e-Pul
...a city and eponymous province in northern Afghanistan, population about 500,000. Demographically it is majority Tadjik and Uzbek. There are small Pashtun, Arab, and Hazara communities, of which the Hazaras mostly don't bother anyone...
city in Sar-e-Pul.

Local sources said that the war has now reached the outskirts of Kunduz city. They said that the security forces have also withdrawn from the Sher Khan Bandar port area, which borders Tajikistan.

With the fall of 13 district centers in the past 24 hours, the total number of centers taken by the Taliban in the past two months is 70.

"Currently the war is raging in Sher Khan Bandar, we do have sufficient weaponry in Kunduz," said Baseera Rasouli, an MP from Kunduz.

"Kunduz is under attack from three or four directions, the situation is distressing, the shops are locked," said Imamuddin, a resident in Kunduz.

The fighting in Kunduz is displacing people.

"We have been destroyed, there is no way to go to Kabul or other areas," said Ainuddin, a resident of Kunduz city.

"Special operation units have changed and are in control of the situation, we are now at the frontline," said Mohammad Ali Yazadani, the commander of Special Operation Corps.

According to reports, fighting is also underway between the ANDSF and the Taliban in suburbs of Pul-e-Khumri city.

"Pul-e-Khumri city will not fall, at any cost. The people should carry on their business and duties with a peaceful mind," said Safiullah Mazlom, the head of the Baghlan security department.

Fighting was also reported in the city of Maimana in Faryab and Taluqan in Takhar.

"If the central government does not concentrate, we will witness a human tragedy and human catastrophe," said Lotfullah, a resident in Takhar province.

"Faryab is on the verge of collapse, the people of Faryab are very concerned," said Darwish, a resident in Faryab.

"If the central government does not take action, we will lose Samkanai, Janikhel and all of Paktia," said Taj Mohammad Mangal, a member of Paktia's provincial council.

"All problems will be resolved very soon," said Ajmal Omar Shinwari, a front man for the ANDSF.

With the fall of 13 district centers in the past 24 hours, the total number of centers taken by the Taliban in the past two months is 70.

...out of a total of 421.
Khaama Press adds:

Dushi is a key and strategic territory within Baghlan province that connects nine provinces in the north and north-east with the capital and central provinces of Afghanistan.

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Afghanistan

Taliban Prevent Clerics From Leading Funerals Of Dead Soldiers

2019-02-23

[ToloNews] Khost residents on Thursday claimed that some holy mans in the province refuse to perform funeral prayers for fallen Afghan National Security and Defense Forces (ANDSF) soldiers on due to threats against them by the Taliban
...the Pashtun equivalent of men...
According to Eid Mohammad, one resident, his brother Khial Mohammad was an ANA soldier who lost his life during a counter-insurgency operation in Janikhel district of the province.

Eid Mohammad said local holy mans in his home town refused to conduct his funeral prayer ceremony.

"Our own local Mullah did not come to perform the prayer ceremony for my brother," said Eid Mohammad.

"When we asked the Mullah why he would not conduct the funeral prayers of a security forces member who was his brother and countrymen, he said that when he returns to his own village he would face problems," said another brother of the victim, Noor Mohammad.

Some holy mans in Khost said they cannot conduct prayer services at funerals because of threats by the Taliban.

"The Taliban have imposed conditions for holy mans," said one holy man in Khost Maulavi Matiullah.

Meanwhile,
...back at the dirigible, Cynthia backed into the galley, the barbecue fork held in front of her.
Jack! she called. Where the hell are you?...
the council of religious scholars in Khost has confirmed the problem.

"We have asked the Mullah Imams about the issue several times, they say that their homes are located in mountains and plains and they can not perform funeral prayers because of threats," said Maulavi Shah Mahmood, head of Khost Religious Scholars Council.

"Those who live in the villages can not perform the prayers because of threats," said Maulavi Ezharuddin, head of Khost Hajj and Pilgrimage department.

Previously similar reports were received from Paktia where the holy mans also refused to perform funeral prayers for dead security force members.

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Afghanistan

Afghan forces and Taliban militants suffer heavy casualties in Paktia clashes

2018-09-05

[KhaamaPress] The Afghan security and Talibs suffered heavy casualties during the festivities in two districts of Paktia province in Southeast of Afghanistan.

The provincial government media office in a statement said at least 28 Talibs were killed during the festivities with the security forces in Zurmat and Jani Khel districts.

The statement further added that 9 holy warriors were also tossed in the clink
Drop the heater, Studs, or you're hist'try!
and several others sustained injuries during the festivities.

According to the governor’s office, at least 7 of the holy warriors were killed during an operation of the Afghan forces in Zurmat district on Monday and a stockpile of weapons, munitions, and explosives were destroyed.

A clash also took place between the Afghan forces and the Talibs on Monday night in the vicinity of Jani Khel district, leaving at least 21 holy warriors dead, the statement said.

The provincial government in its statement also added that four security personnel belonging to the National Police, Public Order police, and Afghan National Army bit the dust and six others sustained injuries.

Tolo News adds:

At least 21 armed Taliban insurgents were killed on Monday night in a clash between Afghan forces and Taliban insurgents, Paktia governor’s office said Tuesday.

According to officials, the clash broke out on Monday night at around midnight in Janikhel district when Taliban insurgents attacked security check posts in the district. The clash reportedly ended on Tuesday morning at about 8am local time.

Dozens of insurgents were wounded in the clash, officials added.

During the attack four security forces were killed and six others were wounded.

However a security source from Paktia said that 16 security force members were killed in the clash with the Taliban and 12 others were wounded.

The governor’s office rejected Taliban’s claims that the district had fallen to the militant group.

Taliban said in a statement on Tuesday that their fighters captured the district and killed a number of security forces.

The office said that during the Taliban’s clash the militants suffered heavy casualties and repelled the attack.

Meanwhile, Taj Mohammad Mangal, a Paktia provincial council member, told TOLOnews that a local police check post collapsed to the Taliban in Kotkai area of Janikhel district of Pakita province but did not give information on causalities.

Janikhel borders Pakistan and some parts of the district have for a while been insecure.

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Afghanistan

11 Afghan soldiers, 92 militants killed in past 24 hours, MoD claims

2016-08-14

[Khaama (Afghanistan)] At least 11 soldiers of the Afghan National Army (ANA) forces and 92 Death Eaters were killed amid soaring violence across the country, the Ministry of Defense (MoD) said Saturday.

According to a statement by MoD, the latest casualties to the Afghan army and the anti-government armed Death Eaters were incurred in the past 24 hours in various provinces of the country.

The statement further added that the operations were conducted with the support of the artillery unitys of the Afghan army and the Afghan Air Force.

At least 40 of the Death Eaters were killed in Khoshamand Zerok and Khairkot districts of Paktiak province and at least 30 others including 9 Death Eaters were killed in Samkanai and Janikhel districts of Paktia province, MoD said.

MoD in its statement also added that 17 Death Eaters were killed during a separate operation in Dahana-e-Ghori district of Baghlan and 5 more Death Eaters were killed in separate operations conducted in Laghman and Faryab provinces.

At least 11 soldiers of the Afghan National Army (ANA) forces also bit the dust during the same operations, MoD said, although there are no reports regarding the casualties of the security personnel belonging to other security institutions, including the Afghan National Police (ANP) forces.

The anti-government armed krazed killer groups including the Taliban hard boyz have not commented regarding the reports so far.

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India-Pakistan

Five 'militants' killed in Shawal drone strike

2016-01-11

[DAWN] A US drone attacked a compound in the Shawal area of North

Wazoo tribal region late on Friday night, killing five suspected ~~bandidos~~ gunnies and wounding two others.

The attack was the first such strike of the year.

Sources said that a leader of the banned Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistain, Mulla Noor Said Janikhel, and two Uzbek nationals were among the dead. Mulla Noor belongs to Bannu district.

The sources said the drone fired two missiles at the compound in the Mangloti area close to the border with Afghanistan, some 46km west of Miranshah
... headquarters of al-Qaeda in Pakistain and likely location of Ayman al-Zawahiri. The Haqqani network has established a ministate in centered on the town with courts, tax offices and lots of madrassas...
The Zarb-e-Azb
..the Pak offensive against Qaeda in Pakistain and the Pak Taliban in North Wazoo. The name refers to the sword of the Prophet (PTUI!)...
military operation against ~~bandidos~~ gunnies and Death Eaters is in final stages in Shawal. Other areas of North Waziristan have been cleared.

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Afghanistan

Talibunnies block 6 roads in Paktia

2015-11-01

Roads of six districts in eastern Paktia province have been blocked by the Taliban, leaving the residents in huge trouble, said officials on Saturday.

Operation is underway to open the roads, Police Chief of Paktia Zulmai Oryakhail said, adding that the insurgents were firing at forces from the areas in their control.

According to local officials, the Taliban insurgents have blasted parts of a mountain in Tanga-Showat area, blocking roads to Janikhel, Lazha Ahmadkhel, Dand Aw Patan, Lazha Mangal, Chamkani and Zazi districts.

Meanwhile, Zurmat district governor said Taliban also blocked the district's road to Gardez, the provincial capital, on Friday night.

Taliban have warned the residents to stay at their homes, he added.

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