Army colonel gunned down in Peshawar

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Unidentified men opened fire at Colonel Tariq Ghafoor's vehicle as he was on his way home. PHOTO: AFP

PESHAWAR / ISLAMABAD:
Pakistan Army officer Colonel Tariq Ghafoor was gunned down in Peshawar on Friday.

Unidentified men opened fire at Colonel Tariq Ghafoor’s vehicle as he was on his way home on Ring Road.

An official of security forces said he was an acting colonel of army but was on leave and studying at the University of Peshawar.

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Confirming the incident, SSP city said the officer of senior rank received two bullets in the head and succumbed to his injuries on the spot.

“It looks like an incident of target killing,” an official said. “Colonel Tariq had land and family disputes,” adding the reason behind the killing was not yet clear.

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Pakistan Army also confirmed the killing.

“Lt Col Tariq Ghafoor embraced martyrdom due to firing by unidentified assailant after Friday prayers near Sarband Ring Road, Peshawar” the ISPR said in a statement.

“The officer was posted at Peshawar and was undergoing post graduate studies at a government university.”

TTP claims responsibility

Meanwhile, the banned terrorist outfit Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the attack.

“The TTP’s sharp shooter (STF) targeted Col Tariq,” the group’s spokesperson Mohammad Khorasani claimed in a statement.

On Thursday, a Frontier Corps personnel was found dead inside his vehicle in Jharga village of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, within the jurisdiction area of Chamkani police station.

Army colonel gunned down in Peshawar - The Express Tribune

 

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An official of security forces said he was an acting colonel of army but was on leave and studying at the University of Peshawar.

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[Areesh]

Some people are saying that it was because of some family dispute

 

[Mentee]

 

[Parul]

Rest in peace Soldier.

 

[Maarkhoor]

Some people are saying that it was because of some family dispute

Whatever was the cause he died in the uniform....TTP as per reports claims the responsibility. Bomb them and send them to hell.

 

[Areesh]

Whatever was the cause he died in the uniform....TTP as per reports claims the responsibility. Bomb them and send them to hell.

TTP needs some similar news to remain relevant. So if it is because of family feud then that should be cleared. No need to give these rats unnecessary credit.

As for sending them to hell. Irrespective of this incident they should be killed whenever and wherever they are found. Anyone associated with TTP has no right to waste oxygen by remaining alive.

 

[Maarkhoor]

TTP needs some similar news to remain relevant. So if it is because of family feud then that should be cleared. No need to give these rats unnecessary credit.

As for sending them to hell. Irrespective of this incident they should be killed whenever and wherever they are found. Anyone associated with TTP has no right to waste oxygen by remaining alive.

We should develop MOAB or FOAB type thermobaric weapons...instead of wasting precision guided munition drop few Thermobaric bombs from C130 to clear the area from rats.

 

[Areesh]

We should develop MOAB or FOAB type thermobaric weapons...instead of wasting precision guided munition drop few Thermobaric bombs from C130 to clear the area from rats.

The war inside Pakistan is already going to an end. Remaining rats would be killed soon. We should draw a policy to take out rats hiding in Afghanistan. We just can't wait for Americans or Afghans to take them out. It is time to send all the molthercuking khorasanis and umar scumbag naray to hell. We can't afford more Charsadas and APSs.

 

[Maarkhoor]

The war inside Pakistan is already going to an end. Remaining rats would be killed soon. We should draw a policy to take out rats hiding in Afghanistan. We just can't wait for Americans or Afghans to take them out. It is time to send all the molthercuking khorasanis and umar scumbag naray to hell. We can't afford more Charsadas and APSs.

Put pressure on Afghanistan by sending or at least threatening to send large numbers of Afghan refugees back...make them to agree operation or air raids inside Afghanistan.

 

[Areesh]

Put pressure on Afghanistan by sending or at least threatening to send large numbers of Afghan refugees back...make them to agree operation or air raids inside Afghanistan.

Days of putting pressure are long gone. It is time to do something. Send a message to rats in Afghanistan that we coming for you.

 

[Maarkhoor]

Days of putting pressure are long gone. It is time to do something. Send a message to rats in Afghanistan that we coming for you.

Read this written by me...and check the possible reaction if we attack inside Afghanistan

The Attack - Operation MaarKhoor (A short Story).

 

[Humble Analyst]

Whatever was the cause he died in the uniform....TTP as per reports claims the responsibility. Bomb them and send them to hell.

We should hunt down each one of them and eliminate the persons and Idelogy out of Pakistan. Enough is enough.

 

[Maarkhoor]

We should hunt down each one of them and eliminate the persons and Idelogy out of Pakistan. Enough is enough.

And for that we need surgical strikes inside Afghanistan...read this
The Attack - Operation MaarKhoor (A short Story).

 

[Humble Analyst]

And for that we need surgical strikes inside Afghanistan...read this
The Attack - Operation MaarKhoor (A short Story).

We should have surjical special ops team consisting of people from Afghan origin or similar.