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Security forces kill nine militants in northwest Pakistan

October 24, 2024 admin

Pakistani security forces killed nine terrorists, including two suicide bombers. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Pakistani security forces killed nine terrorists, including two suicide bombers and a “high-value” terrorist, during an operation in the country’s restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the military said on Thursday, October 24, 2024. The intelligence-based operation was conducted late on Wednesday…

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8 Afghan Taliban soldiers killed in border clash with Pakistani forces

September 9, 2024 admin

At least eight Afghan Taliban soldiers, including two key commanders, have been killed in a fierce clash with the Pakistani security forces in the border region near the restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. The exchange, which was reported in the Khurram border district of the province over the weekend, also injured 16 Afghan Taliban soldiers. The Afghan side…

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Pakistani troops kill 10 militants responsible for attack on military base that left 8 soldiers dead

July 16, 2024 admin

Pakistan has witnessed a surge in militant attacks, mostly in the northwest which borders Afghanistan, in recent years. Representative image | Photo Credit: AP All 10 militants who rammed an explosive-laden vehicle into a Pakistani military facility were killed in an 18-hour operation, officials said July 16, adding that militants in a separate attack on a…

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Muslim mob torches police station in Pakistan, lynches man for alleged blasphemy

June 21, 2024 admin

Plainclothes police officers examine the burnt furniture which were torched by a Muslim mob in an attack, in Madyan in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Friday, June 21, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP A Muslim mob in northwestern Pakistan on Thursday, June 20, 2024 broke into a police station, snatched a man who was held there…

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