Danish Refugee Council removes explosive ordnance from key humanitarian infrastructure supporting forced returnees in Afghanistan

The Danish Refugee Council has removed ten pieces of explosive ordnance from critical humanitarian infrastructure supporting forced returnees from Pakistan. This explosive ordnance was found following heavy fighting in March at the Torkham border area following the latest round of Read More …

Pakistan: Two killed in Dera Bugti landmine blast

wo people were killed in a landmine explosion in the Dera Bugti district while planting it underground on Sunday. Police officials said the explosion occurred in the Lanjo Safari area of Sui tehsil. A security official said, “The deceased were Read More …

Pakistan: Three children killed in landmine explosion inside home in Bolan

Three children were killed and three others injured when a landmine exploded in the Sanni Shoran area of Bolan on Wednesday. Police said the device had been planted inside the home of a local named Abdul Hayee Jatoi. The explosion Read More …

Pakistan: Five children killed, 12 injured while playing with mortar shell in Lakki Marwat

Five children were killed and 12 others were injured when a mortar shell they were playing with exploded in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Lakki Marwat area on Saturday. Aamir Khan, spokesperson for the Bannu region police, told Dawn.com that the children found Read More …

Pakistan: Six live rockets found in two houses defused

Civil Defence Bomb Disposal Squad on Tuesday defused six live rockets found in two houses. The Bomb Disposal Squad received information that there are four rockets in the house of Iftikhar Ahmad, a resident of Mirjal village, Zafarwal tehsil. After Read More …

Pakistan: Girls school destroyed in North Waziristan bomb blast

A girls’ middle school in Zeraki village, North Waziristan, was destroyed in a late-night explosion on Monday. The blast occurred in the early hours in the Mir Ali district, reducing the school building to ruins. Police reports indicate that unidentified Read More …

Pakistan: 8 people killed after a rocket launcher shell explodes at a home in southern Sindh province

A shell of a rocket launcher apparently accidentally exploded at a home in a remote village in southern Pakistan on Wednesday, killing at least eight people, including women and children, police said. At least two people were also wounded in Read More …

Pakistan: Three soldiers killed in North Waziristan suicide attack

Three soldiers including Naib Subedar Sahib Khan, Naik Muhammad Ibrahim and Sepoy Jehangir Khan embraced martyrdom when a vehicle borne suicide bomber exploded himself at Miran Shah in North Waziristan District. According to ISPR, the suicide bomber intended targeting the Read More …

Pakistan: Fatal explosions in Bannu leave one dead and 12 injured

In a tragic incident in Bannu city of southern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, a series of hand grenade explosions claimed the life of one person and left 12 others injured. The explosions occurred during the early hours of Sunday when two hand Read More …

Pakistan: Female suicide bomber kills one police officer and wounds five others in Turbat

A suicide bomber struck in southwestern Pakistan on Saturday, killing at least one police and wounding five others in an attempt to target a paramilitary convoy, an official said. Authorities recovered the remains of a female bomber following the explosion Read More …

Pakistan: Two soldiers killed in IED explosion in North Waziristan

Two soldiers were martyred in an improvised explosive device attack in the Spinwam area of North Waziristan on Tuesday, the ISPR said in a statement. The martyrs were identified as Sepoy Gul Rauf, aged 29, resident of district Lakki Marwat, Read More …

Pakistan: Barkhan landmine blast claims two lives

At least two people were killed in a landmine explosion in Balochistan’s Barkhan district on Tuesday morning. The landmine explosion took place near the Barkhan border with the troubled Kohlu district. Levies sources said two pedestrians were hit by the Read More …

Pakistan: Bomb blasts in Peshawar and South Waziristan leaving two dead and three injured

In a series of unfortunate events, two separate incidents of bombings have shaken the region. South Waziristan fell victim to a devastating bomb blast, resulting in two fatalities and leaving three individuals injured. Simultaneously, in Peshawar, an explosive device detonated Read More …

Pakistan: Eight kilogram bomb defused in Bannu

Security forces foiled a major terror bid in Bannu and the officials defused an eight-kilogram bomb in the vicinity of the Mandan police station on Thursday, ARY News reported. Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS) personnel were called to the scene who Read More …

Pakistan: 5 Army personnel injured in explosion in North Waziristan

At least five Pakistani army forces and a child were injured in a roadside bomb explosion that took place in the Khadi area of North Waziristan on Tuesday, police said. According to local sources, the Pakistani army and security forces Read More …

Pakistan: 19 injured due to IED blast in DI Khan

At least 19 security personnel were injured due to an improvised explosive device blast near Security forces’ convoy in Cheh Kan area of Dera Ismail Khan today. According to the Police, the convoy was enroute to South Waziristan when terrorists Read More …

Pakistan: Suicide bomber kills four at checkpoint in North Waziristan

A suicide bomber killed four people when he detonated a car bomb at a police checkpoint in a marketplace in northwest Pakistan on Wednesday, officials said. Pakistan is grappling with an uptick in militancy since the Taliban returned to power Read More …

Pakistan: One killed, six injured as Sirajul Haq’s cavalcade comes under suicide attack

A man was killed and six others were injured in a tragic incident of a suicide attack near Jamaat-e-Islami Emir Sirajul Haq’s cavalcade in Zhob on Friday. According to police, Mr Haq remained safe during the blast. The JI chief Read More …

Pakistan militants launch attacks with advanced US weapons left behind in Afghanistan

Advanced weapons and technology left behind by US and Nato troops during their withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021 have been used by militants in Pakistan to attack police and soldiers, security officials have said. The Tahrik-e-Taliban in Pakistan and Baloch Read More …