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DG ISPR BLAMES GOVERNANCE FAILURES, POLITICAL CONFUSION AS TOLL RISES ‘PROTECT KP, STOP ‘BEGGING AFGHANISTAN’
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LT GEN AHMED SHARIF CH URGES PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT TO FIX GOVERNANCE GAPS, SAYING SACRIFICES OF SOLDIERS PAYING FOR POLITICAL FAILURES
IN CURRENT YEAR SO FAR, 10,115 IBOS CONDUCTED, 970 TERRORISTS KILLED, WHILE 311 ARMY PERSONNEL MARTYRED
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OUTLINES FACTORS BEHIND RECENT RESURGENCE IN MILITANCY, INCLUDING FAILURE TO FULLY IMPLEMENT NAP, POLITICISING TERRORISM, USE OF AFGHAN SOIL AND ‘TERROR-CRIME NEXUS’
LT GEN CHAUDHRY LAMENTS ISSUE OF REPATRIATING ILLEGAL AFGHAN RESIDENTS HAD BEEN ‘UNNECESSARILY POLITICISED’
SAYING ALL OUR PARTNERS UNDERSTAND SPACE GIVEN TO NON-STATE ACTORS IN AFGHANISTAN IS NOT JUST A THREAT TO PAKISTAN BUT TO REGIONAL AND GLOBAL SECURITY
30 terrorists involved in Orakzai incident neutralized in ‘retribution operation’: ISPR RAWALPINDI
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PESHAWAR/RAWALPINDI staff reporter
HE Director General of InterServices Public Relations (ISPR), Lt Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry, on Friday called on the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government to focus on protecting its
people rather than “begging Afghanistan” for security guarantees, saying that governance failures and political confusion were costing the lives of Pakistan’s security personnel. Addressing a detailed press conference at the Peshawar Corps Headquarters, Lt Gen Chaudhry said that the province’s governance gaps were “being paid for by
Thirty terrorists involved in this week’s deadly Orakzai incident—which claimed the lives of 11 security personnel, including two officers—were killed in a “retribution operation,” the military’s media wing said on Friday. According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), “security forces have been conducting a series of targeted retribution operations against the kharijis responsible for the October 7 Orakzai attack, in which Lieutenant Colonel Junaid Tariq and Major Tayyab Rahat embraced martyrdom.” the blood of security forces,” and warned that appeasement or political exploitation
The ISPR said that during an operation conducted on credible intelligence in the Jamal Maya area of Orakzai, “all 30 India-sponsored khawarij involved in the terrorist incident have been sent to hell after an intense exchange of fire.” “These successful operations have avenged the heinous act and brought the main perpetrators to justice,” the statement added. It further said sanitization operations were ongoing to eliminate any remaining India-sponsored elements, reaffirming that Pakistan’s security forces “remain steadfast in eradicating and wiping out the menace of Indiasponsored terrorism from the country. of terrorism would not be tolerated.
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Three terrorists killed as forces repulse attack on DI Khan police training centre DERA ISMAIL KHAN staff report
At least three terrorists, including a suicide bomber, were killed in retaliatory fire by police forces after an attack on a police training centre in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Dera Ismail Khan was repulsed on Friday night. DI Khan District Police Officer (DPO) Sajjad Ahmed Sahibzada confirmed that three terrorists were killed by police forces, adding that a large contingent of security forces reached the scene and cordoned off the area. He said that the training centre premises were cleared and all terrorists involved in the attack were killed. A search operation, led by DPO Sahibzada, was also conducted in the surrounding areas to ensure no other terrorists were present. A large contingent of security forces reached the incident site soon after the attack commenced and cordoned off the area. Earlier, there were reports of a loud explosion in the vicinity of the police facility. Earlier, DI Khan Police Public Relations Officer (PRO) Yaqoob Khan that a “suicide bomber and two terrorists have been killed.” The attack coincided with the killing of 30 terrorists involved in this week’s deadly Orakzai incident — which claimed the lives of 11 security personnel, including two officers — were killed in a “retribution operation,” the military’s media wing said on Friday. According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), “security forces have been conducting a series of targeted retribution operations against the kharijis responsible for the October 7 Orakzai attack, in which Lieutenant Colonel Junaid Tariq and Major Tayyab Rahat embraced martyrdom.” The ISPR said that during an operation conducted on credible intelligence in the Jamal Maya area of Orakzai, “all 30 India-sponsored khawarij involved in the terrorist incident have been sent to hell after an intense exchange of fire.” Pakistan has witnessed an alarming surge in terrorist attacks, especially in KP and Balochistan, predominantly targeting the police, law enforcement agencies’ personnel, and security forces. Attacks increased after the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan broke a ceasefire agreement with the government in 2022. A senior army officer was martyred during an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in the district a day ago. A cop was martyred in the district after a police checkpoint came under attack from multiple sides by terrorists late on Wednesday.