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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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Massive Success: Entire FAK Khwarij Tashkeel That Recently Entered Pakistan from Afghanistan Captured.
The Counterterrorism Department, alongside Pakistan Army special forces, carried out a massive operation in Dera Ismail Khan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, successfully capturing 21 members of the TTP FAK Khawarij terrorist group alive.

Huge cache of arms and ammunitions was also recovered.

 
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Pakistan Army forces on counterterrorism patrols in a Mine-Resistant Ambush-Protected (MRAP) vehicle this morning in Dera Ismail Khan were hit by a planted IED/landmine by terrorists. The bomb attack left the MRAP inoperative.
In the IED attack, two Pakistani soldiers were martyred, namely Havaldar Muhammad Bilal and Sepoy Haseeb. A further four soldiers were injured.

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Attacks on police in KP’s Peshawar, Lakki Marwat foiled


Zahid Imdad
March 17, 2025

A terrorist attack on the Gambila police station in KP’s Lakki Marwat was foiled by police in the wee hours of March 17, 2025. — Lakki Marwat police via author


A terrorist attack on the Gambila police station in KP’s Lakki Marwat was foiled by police in the wee hours of March 17, 2025. — Lakki Marwat police via author

Terrorist attacks on police stations and checkposts continued in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Lakki Marwat and Peshawar districts but the cops managed to repel both of them, authorities said on Monday.

The development follows a spate of attacks in the Peshawar, Karak, Bannu, Lakki Marwat and Bajaur districts of KP over the past two days, in which two policemen were martyred and five other individuals were injured.

Pakistan has witnessed an uptick in terror activities over the past year, especially in KP and Balochistan, after the proscribed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) ended its ceasefire with the government in November 2022.

Last night, the Gambila police station in Lakki Marwat was targeted, but the Quick Response Force (QRF) opened fire in retaliation, causing the Fitna Al Khawarij to flee in the dark, an official police statement read.

Fitna Al Khawarij is a term the state uses to refer to the banned TTP.

According to the Lakki Marwat police, cops confronted “15-16 terrorists of Fitna Al Khawarij as soon as they noticed their presence and movement on the west and south of the Gambila police station” at 12:15am.

“The exchange of fire continued for 15 minutes,” the statement said, forcing the terrorists to flee. “The police party remained safe,” it added.

In another incident, unknown men hurled a grenade at a checkpost in Peshawar’s Malazai area late on Sunday night, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Operations Masood Bangash told Dawn.com.

However, SSP Bangash added, that no damage had occurred.

Commander among 3 terrorists killed in 2 days​

As cops thwarted nearly a dozen attacks on police stations in the past few days, a commander of a banned outfit was among three terrorists killed.

“All attacks were foiled and not only did the terrorists have to face defeat but two of them were also sent to hell in Lakki Marwat and Karak,” said a statement released by the Central Police Office (CPO) in Peshawar.

“The successive attacks on police stations and checkposts in the Bannu, Karak, Dera Ismail Khan, Tank, and Peshawar districts of KP are a clear reminder to our brave police of the challenges that they have been grappling with for the past two decades,” the CPO stated.

In the Karak district, Commander Kashif Azmatullah of the TTP’s Kalimullah group was eliminated, the statement said, without specifying the day or further details of the action.

According to the CPO, Azmatullah was a highly wanted individual by the KP Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) as he had been involved in a recent attack on a Frontier Corps (FC) fort, various police station and checkpost attacks, the targeted killing of constable Irfan, a bank robbery, abductions as well as social media threats.

Azmatullah was killed two days ago in an operation conducted in response to the recent attacks, Karak District Police Officer (DPO) Shehbaz Elahi told Dawn.com.

Detailing the attacks, the CPO recalled that militants attacked a police post located in Lakki Marwat’s Abbasa Khattak area two days ago, but the cops “fought back resolutely”.

In the meantime, a vehicle in the convoy led by Lakki Marwat DPO Jawwad Ishaq was also targeted by an improvised explosive device (IED). However, the statement said, that the “injured police party sent one khawarij to hell while six to seven terrorists succeeded in fleeing”.

Later, the police led by DPO Ishaq destroyed temporary hideouts of TTP terrorists on the border of Lakki Marwat and Karak, the CPO highlighted.

“During the entire operation, KP Inspector General of Police (IG) Zulfiqar Hameed was in constant contact with the Lakki and Karak DPOs to instruct them.”

A second terrorist was killed in the Tank district, while “many” were injured in an hours-long retaliatory action by the police after the Nasraan checkpost was attacked, according to the CPO statement.

The statement also recalled the martyrdoms of additional sub-inspector (ASI) Islam Noor Khan in an assault on Karak’s Takht-e-Nasrati police station, as well as of constable Nazar Ali in an attack on Peshawar’s Pajgai post last night.

KP police lauds ‘public support’​

The CPO statement noted that all attacks “conducted in the dark of the night were responded to with immense bravery and courage by the KP police, who retaliated strongly while keeping control over their senses”.

The residents of the area also participated in the response “side by side with the police”, the CPO added.

It lauded the public for “openly coming to the field along with the police against terrorism”, saying it proved that they stood with their “defenders”.

The statement quoted IG Hameed as asserting that the police, along with other law enforcement agencies and the people, would “once again control the rising monster of terrorism”.
 

Terrorists flee as Lakki Marwat police station attack repelled


Dawn.com
March 22, 2025


A terrorist attack on a police station in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Lakki Marwat was repelled causing the assailants to flee from the scene, a police statement said on Saturday.

Pakistan has witnessed an uptick in terror activities over the past year, especially in KP and Balochistan, after the proscribed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) ended its ceasefire with the government in November 2022.

According to the statement, “A terrorist attack on the Pezo police station was foiled at night. Due to a quick response by the police, the Fitna Al Khawarij escaped into the darkness.”

Fitna Al Khawarij is a term the state uses to refer to the banned TTP.

The attack occurred at 12:45am where the police “retaliated with courage and bravery”, the statement added.

The statement continued, “An exchange of fire took place … The police personnel were on high alert. Due to their timely action, the Fitna Al Khawarij were forced to flee, without causing any harm.”

Lakki Marwat District Police Officer (DPO) Muhammad Jawad Ishaq appreciated the police personnel for thwarting the attack and “their excellent response”.

The incident follows a spate of attacks in the Peshawar, Karak, Bannu, Dera Ismail Khan, Lakki Marwat and Bajaur districts of KP this month.

On Monday, authorities said that cops managed to repel terrorist attacks on police stations and checkposts in Lakki Marwat and Peshawar districts.

In the early hours of March 17, Gambila police station in Lakki Marwat was targeted, but the Quick Response Force (QRF) opened fire in retaliation, causing the Fitna Al Khawarij to flee in the dark.

In another incident, unknown men had hurled a grenade at a checkpost in Peshawar’s Malazai area on Sunday night. However, no damage had occurred, according to Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Operations Masood Bangash.
 
Pakistani security forces have liquidated 16 Fitna-al-Khawarij TTP terr**ists who were trying to infiltrate into Pakistan from Afghanistan in the area of Ghulam Khan border in North Waziristan.

 

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