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Militants attack a security post in restive northwest Pakistan, killing two people

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Militants attack a security post in restive northwest Pakistan, killing two people

Militants armed with assault rifles attacked a security post in restive northwest Pakistan early on Tuesday (December 31, 2024), killing a police officer and a civilian, officials said. Another officer was also wounded in the attack at the Draban Post in Dera Ismail Khan, a district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, local police official Abdullah Khan…

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2 Security Personnel Killed, 11 Injured In Anti-Terror Operation In Pak

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2 Security Personnel Killed, 11 Injured In Anti-Terror Operation In Pak

The operation took place at Mulla Said Banda area of Bajaur district on Friday. Peshawar: Two security personnel were killed and 11 others injured during an anti-terror operation in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, police said. The operation took place at Mulla Said Banda area of Bajaur district on Friday. Two security personnel died and 11…

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22 Terrorists, 6 Soldiers Killed During Security Operations In Pakistan

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22 Terrorists, 6 Soldiers Killed During Security Operations In Pakistan

Peshawar: At least 22 terrorists were eliminated while six soldiers were killed during three separate operations over two days in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in northwestern Pakistan, media wing of the army said on Saturday. The intelligence-based operations (IBO) took place in Khyber Pukhtunkhwa’s Tank, North Waziristan, and Thall districts from December 6 to 7, the…

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Premature blast kills suicide bomber but harms no one else, police in northwest Pakistan say

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Premature blast kills suicide bomber but harms no one else, police in northwest Pakistan say

A suicide bomber riding a motorcycle set off an explosive device prematurely on a deserted road in northwest Pakistan on Thursday (November 14, 2024), killing himself but harming no one else, police said. Local police official Masood Khan said the blast happened in Charsadda district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province bordering Afghanistan, where Pakistani Taliban and…

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Soldier killed, four sustain injuries in attack on security forces in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

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Soldier killed, four sustain injuries in attack on security forces in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

“One soldier was killed and four others sustained injuries as terrorists attacked a security forces vehicle in Pakistan’s restive northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Wednesday (September 11, 2024),” sources said. The terrorists ambushed the vehicle in Mamond tehsil, Bajaur district, bordering Afghanistan. The vehicle was badly damaged due to lethal firing. Other contingents of the…

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Woman killed in front of her father for ‘refusing’ marriage proposal in Pakistan

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Woman killed in front of her father for ‘refusing’ marriage proposal in Pakistan

A 40-year-old female school teacher was allegedly shot and killed in front of her father. File | Photo Credit: AP A 40-year-old female school teacher was allegedly shot and killed in front of her father after she refused a marriage proposal. The incident occurred in the Jangdara Totalai area of Buner in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa…

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Mpox virus detected in Pakistan, health authorities say

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Mpox virus detected in Pakistan, health authorities say

The World Health Organization signage is seen outside its headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, April 15, 2020. | Photo Credit: AP Pakistan has detected three patients with the mpox virus, the health department in northern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province said on Friday (August 16, 2024). The viral infection was detected in the patients on their arrival from…

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Pak Journalist Shot Dead In Restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province: Report

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Pak Journalist Shot Dead In Restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province: Report

The attackers managed to flee from the scene after killing the journalist. (Representational) Peshawar: A Pakistani journalist was gunned down on Tuesday by unknown gunmen in the restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in the country’s northwest, according to a tribal journalist association. Khalil Jibran, associated with Pashto News Channel ‘Khyber News’ was shot dead by shooters…

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Taliban deny Pakistan’s claim Afghans responsible for attack that killed Chinese dam engineers

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Taliban deny Pakistan’s claim Afghans responsible for attack that killed Chinese dam engineers

File picture of police officers examine the site of suicide bombing at a highway in Shangla, a district in the Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, on March 26, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP The Taliban defence ministry on Wednesday rejected Pakistan’s allegations that Afghans were involved in an attack on Chinese engineers, as ties between the…

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