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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Timeline- 2017
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Incidents
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January 3
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The CTD officials of Hazara Division
arrested two TTP terrorists, Muhammad Nawaz alias Abrash and Azizullah
alias Hazaza, from Batagaram District of KP. Both the terrorists
are said to have received militant training in Kunar area in Afghanistan.
Nawaz and Azizullah were involved in a number of terrorism incidents
in the past and were also found plotting an attack in the Batagaram
region at the time of their arrest. CTD officials said the two
men revealed major terrorism plots in Batagaram District during
their initial interrogation. A video clip of DPO Batagaram was
also recovered from their possession.
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January 9 |
The BDU neutralised a 10 kilograms bomb in Karkhano
Market of Peshawar, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Police said it was a remote-controlled device.
Bannu Special Police Unit arrested three suspected
TTP terrorists from the Chando Khel area of Lakki Marwat District.
Police recovered a Kalashnikov rifle, three grenades, an anti-personnel
mine, explosives and 30 bore pistols. The terrorists were identified
as Waliullah, Amanullah and Ravib. The arrested militants were
involved in target killing, extortion and attacking law enforcers.
The arrested persons also stole the rifle of police official Ali
Badshah after killing him.
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January 11 |
JI ameer (chief), Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Mushtaq
Ahmad called for merger of FATA and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and also
stated that the people of the FATA were deprived of basic and
democratic rights for the last seven decades, reports The News.
Mushtaq Ahmed also rejected the FCR, saying it was a black law.
"If no solid steps were taken for the merger of the FATA with
KP and uplift of the tribal areas, we will have no other option
but to march on Islamabad," he said. Mushtaq Ahmad asked the Government
to announce PKR 1,000 billion uplift package for the tribal areas.
Earlier, JUI-F leaders on January 8 rejected
the federal government's plan to merge FATA with KP and threatened
to launch a protest movement if any changes were 'imposed' on
the tribal people. "We request the federal government, especially
the prime minister, to stop implementation of the reforms until
every stockholder is taken on board, otherwise the JUI-F would
start an agitation campaign across FATA," threatened Abdul Shakoor,
head (FATA) JUI-F.
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January 15 |
Army and LEAs carried out joint combing operations
in Shaheen town, Warsak Road, Dalazak and Pakka Ghulam areas of
Peshawar, the provincial capital of KP, in the evening. According
to ISPR, during the combing operation 58 suspects were apprehended
including five Afghan nationals. Huge cache of arms, ammunition
and drugs were recovered during the operation.
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January 23 |
The Police recovered two suicide jackets from
Abu Bakar mosque under the Paharipura Police Station, on the outskirt
of Peshawar, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. However,
no arrests were made. An official at the Paharipura Police Station
said that acting on a tip-off Police personnel checked Abu Bakar
mosque near Benazir Hospital along the motorway. He said the cops
recovered two suicide jackets containing about five kilogramme
explosives from the room of the prayer leader of the mosque. However,
the prayer leader was not present in the room at the time of the
raid.
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January 30 |
At least nine people, including three FC personnel,
were injured in a blast on Charsadda road of Peshawar, the provincial
capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. A contingent of FC personnel was
on its way from Mohmand Agency to Peshawar when their vehicle
was targeted through a bomb planted on the roadside on Charsadda
road, SSP Operations Sajjad Khan said. As a result of the explosion,
six civilians and three security men sustained injuries. There
has been no claim of responsibility for the blast.
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February 1 |
Security Forces killed a TTP militant and arrested
eight other suspects during an exchange of fire in the Luni Jungle
area under Kulachi tehsil in Dera Ismail Khan District of Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa. Three Army personnel - Major Abbas, Captain Omer
and Naik Adnan - were injured during a 'routine sanitisation operation',
the ISPR said in a statement.
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February 6 |
A grand jirga of elders from Khyber Agency was
held in Jamrud town, opposing the proposed merger of the FATA
with KP. Jirga participants urged the Government instead to form
an independent FATA Legislative Council or announce a separate
province status for the tribal areas. Malik Ghaffar Khan Afridi,
a tribal elder, said that the merger of FATA with KP was unacceptable
to tribal people. He said the proposed legislative council should
be formed to legislate for the tribal region in line with the
local social, political and traditions. The elder believed that
the FATA reforms proposed by the government committee went against
tribal customs and traditions. He said legislation and policies
on Fata should be made in light of local traditions and customs.
Malik Ghaffar Khan Afridi opposed the extension of the jurisdiction
of the Supreme Court and high courts to FATA, saying local residents
knew very well how to resolve their issues through a jirga system.
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February 7 |
At least two Policemen were injured, in an explosion,
at the main gate of Mandan Police Station in Bannu District of
KP. The blast was caused when a suicide bomber rammed his explosive-laden
car into the entrance gate of the Police Station. The main gate
of the Police Station was completely destroyed due to explosion
while the building was partially damaged. The injured Policemen
were shifted to a nearby hospital.
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February 12 |
Two children were killed and another critically
wounded in an accidental grenade explosion in Buner of Swat District
in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The children of a shepherd family were
playing when they found the hand grenade and accidentally set
it off, local government official Zariful Maani. The two brothers,
aged nine and 10, died, while their seven-year-old female cousin
is in critical condition.
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February 15 |
The Driver of the civil judge vehicle was killed
when a motorcycle bourne suicide bomber rammed his bike into the
vehicle in Hayatabad area of Peshawar, the provincial capital
of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Civil Judge Asif Jadoon and three female
judges of the lower judiciary were travelling in an official car
in Phase 5 area when an attacker on a motorcycle struck the front
of the vehicle and exploded, killing the driver and injuring the
four judges. A total of six persons were injured in the explosion.
The TTP claimed responsibility for the attack. "About 15 kg of
explosive was used in the suicide bomb," said Peshawar Police
Chief Tahir Khan.
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February 16 |
Four Policemen and a passerby were killed when
their vehicle was attacked by unidentified militants in Mission
Mor area of Dera Ismail Khan town in the same District of KP.
The van was stationed at a filling station as part of its normal
patrol duty when it was attacked by unidentified militants, said
District Emergency Officer Imran Khan. The victims were identified
as Assistant Sub-Inspector Rehmatullah, Constable Iqbal, Constable
Irshad and a passerby Fazal. The driver of the vehicle sustained
serious bullet wounds and was rushed to hospital by rescue officials,
but he later succumbed to his injuries during treatment.
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February 17 |
In Tora Wari area of Hangu, the forces killed
two terrorists while their accomplices fled.
In Peshawar, the security forces conducted a search
operation in Regi area of Peshawar and killed three terrorists,
said local police said.
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February 21 |
At least seven persons, including a lawyer and
an eight-year-old boy, were killed and as many as 25 others were
injured when three terrorists wearing suicide vests attacked the
session's court in Tangi tehsil of Charsadda District in Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa. The attack begun at around 11:40am when the terrorists
opened indiscriminate fire, using automatic weapons and hurled
grenades at the security officials, in an attempt to enter the
court. The gunfire was immediately followed by explosions of hand
grenades, one of which exploded at the entrance, while another
went off near the bar room where a number of lawyers were reportedly
present at that time. However, timely action by Policemen stationed
at the session's court prevented the attackers from entering the
premises, as they gunned down two attackers and the third one
blew himself up after failing to enter the building. Charsadda
DPO Sohail Khalid informed the media that all the three attackers
had been killed in retaliatory fire. Charsadda Assistant Commissioner
Inayatullah Khan said that the injured included six Policemen
who confronted the terrorists in a gun battle that lasted for
at least 14 minutes.
In a statement, JuA, the offshoot of TTP claimed
responsibility for the attack and said it was a continuation of
Operation Ghazi, which they had initiated against Pakistan. The
group released details of two of the attackers - Abdul Basit of
Mohmand Agency in FATA and Khairullah of Kunduz province of Afghanistan.
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February 24 |
The CTD claimed thwarting a terrorism bid after
arresting an Afghan national named Naimatullah from the Achini
Khwar area of Peshawar, the provincial capital of KP. "This man,
Naimatullah alias Fidai alias Umair is an Afghan national, currently
residing in the Yakatoot area. He was arrested in Achini Khwar
area … He was trying to enter the city with explosives," a CTD
official said.
A cache of arms and ammunition was recovered during
a raid on a house in the New City Homes locality by a team of
Chamkani Police. SSP Sajjad Khan said that the house of Ayub,
who is a resident of Lakki Marwat, was raided after an informant
forwarded the information, adding that 24 shotguns, 21 pistols
and 7,100 cartridges were seized.
25 kilogrammes of explosives, 34 hand-grenades
and prima cord were seized during a raid jointly conducted by
personnel of Police and intelligence agencies on a house in Shahpoor.
SSP (Operations) Sajjad Khan told reporters at Chamkani police
station that the seized material was going to be used in an attack
on Peshawar.
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February 26 |
Three persons belonging to the Shia community
were gunned downed under Paroa Police Station area in Dera Ismail
Khan District of KP.
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March 1 |
The cadres of Islamic State or Daesh hide among
the general population, using small businesses as a cover, said
a Police official under the condition of anonymity. The official
under the condition of anonymity said that their approach differs
from the TTP, whose cadres used to openly establish camps in parts
of FATA and even in the settled areas of KP. They are highly experienced
in sabotage and concealment" since most cadres had previously
belonged to the TTP, he added. "These people hide among the (general)
population and we have solid evidence suggesting that they engage
in small businesses such as fruit vendors, plying pushcarts, using
it as a cover, avoiding suspicion … Their strategy is mostly successful,"
he said, adding that these people rent houses and move frequently
to avoid detection. "All new recruits are sent to Afghanistan
… Once people know that you are fighting in Afghanistan, chances
are that no policeman or anyone else will touch you simply because
you are (among) 'good Taliban'," he maintained.
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March 4 |
Unidentified gunmen killed a lawyer, identified
as Mohammed Jan Gigyani apparently in a targeted shooting near
the Afghanistan border in Shabqadar in Charsadda District in the
KP. According to a Police officer, two gunmen on a motorcycle
opened fire on Mohammed Jan Gigyani while he was driving his car.
He said Gigyani was critically wounded and died en route to a
hospital. He added that Gigyani was a prominent lawyer affiliated
with Aftab Ahmed Khan's Qaumi QWP.
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March 7 |
Five militants and two Army personnel, including
one Captain Junaid, were killed during an intelligence-based operation
against suspected terrorists in Malikabad area of Swabi District
KP. "[The] five terrorists who were killed [...] were planning
to target educational institutions and judicial complexes," Inter-Services
Public Relations (ISPR) said in a statement. Three of the terrorists
had been identified, while the remaining two were "probably Afghans".
At least one of the identified militants was a cadre of Tehreek-e-Taliban
Pakistan (TTP), added ISPR.
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March 8 |
10 militants were killed when SFs stormed a compound
in a nearby village of Malikabad area in Swabi District of KP.
Earlier the day, five militants and two Army personnel, including
one Captain Junaid, were killed during an intelligence-based operation
against suspected terrorists in Malikabad area.
Five hardcore terrorists were executed at District
jail of Kohat, the statement issued by the ISPR said. The convicts
were tried by military courts, the ISPR said. These terrorists
include Shoukat Ali s/o Abdul Jabbar, Imdad Ullah s/o Abdul Wajid,
Sabir Shah s/o Syed Ahmed Shah, Khandan s/o Dost Muhammad Khan
and Anwar Ali s/o Fazal Ghani, ISPR added.
Police recovered an anti-tank mine and arrested
six suspected persons during a search operation in Injeer Khwar
area of Hangu District. DPO Ihsanullah Khan said that the Police
was informed about an explosive device planted in Injeer Khwar
area. He said that they called in the officials of the BDS who
recovered and defused the explosive device weighing up to three
kilogram. He said that the police conducted a search operation
in Doaba and surrounding localities and arrested six suspected
persons. He said the Police also recovered a Kalashnikov, a rifle,
two pistols and several cartridges from the arrested suspects.
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March 17 |
At least six militants were killed during a search
operation in the Mosal Kor village of Michini area in Peshawar,
the provincial capital of KP. FC spokesperson said that the SFs
carried out a search operation in the Mosal Kor area when terrorists
opened fire on the personnel. Six militants were killed in the
retaliatory fire. SFs recovered a cache of arms and explosive
from the possession of slain militants.
One FCB soldier was killed and another injured
in a suicide attack on an FC training centre in Shabqadar area
town of Charsadda District. The ISPR said the attack was "foiled"
and two suicide bombers were killed in retaliatory fire. FCB Commandant
Liaqat Ali Khan said that the attackers tried to sneak into the
training facility in the wee hours to cause maximum casualties
but the guards quickly responded and neutralised the attackers.
One attacker was killed by FCB personnel while the other died
after his jacket exploded when it was hit by gunfire.
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March 17 |
At least six militants were killed during a search
operation in the Mosal Kor village of Michini area in Peshawar,
the provincial capital of KP. FC spokesperson said that the SFs
carried out a search operation in the Mosal Kor area when terrorists
opened fire on the personnel. Six militants were killed in the
retaliatory fire. SFs recovered a cache of arms and explosive
from the possession of slain militants.
One FCB soldier was killed and another injured
in a suicide attack on an FC training centre in Shabqadar area
town of Charsadda District. The ISPR said the attack was "foiled"
and two suicide bombers were killed in retaliatory fire. FCB Commandant
Liaqat Ali Khan said that the attackers tried to sneak into the
training facility in the wee hours to cause maximum casualties
but the guards quickly responded and neutralised the attackers.
One attacker was killed by FCB personnel while the other died
after his jacket exploded when it was hit by gunfire.
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March 30 |
ISPR stated that, Tahir, a 'hardcore terrorist'
belonging to TTP and involved in the 2012 Bannu jailbreak was
executed in Kohat jail. The terrorist was tried and convicted
by a military court. In April 2012, over 200 terrorists attacked
the Central Jail in Bannu, freeing 384 prisoners in the pre-dawn
assault. The execution came two days after Senate approved the
28th Constitutional Amendment Bill, consummating the parliamentary
process to revive military courts for another two years.
A minor girl was killed and a young man wounded
in a bomb blast in Gandi Khankhel area of Lakki Marwat. A Police
official said that a girl identified as Naila Moeen (8), was playing
outside her house in the fields when she mistook a grenade for
a toy. They said that as the girl lifted the grenade it exploded
killing her on the spot. He said that a young man, Sifatullah,
was wounded in the explosion. Police later cordoned off the area
and during search found nine hand grenades from the place of incident
which were defused by officials of bomb disposal squad.
The Federal Government appointed Salahuddin Khan
Mehsud, as the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police chief. A notification
issued by the establishment division said that Salahuddin Khan
Mehsud, a BS-21 officer of the PSP, presently serving under the
KP Government, was transferred and posted as PPO, KP, in his own
pay and scale with immediate effect till further order.
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April 13 |
A journalism student was lynched at AWKU in Mardan
District in broad daylight after being accused of blasphemy. The
deceased was identified as Mashal Khan, a resident of Swabi and
a student at AWKU's Journalism and Mass Communication department.
A friend of the deceased student said that a mob attacked him
before shooting him in the head and chest. He added that the mob
then continued to beat his body with sticks
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April 23 |
A man was shot dead in Mansehra District. Abdul
Sattar was on his way to Balakot from Boi area when a group of
unidentified people intercepted him near Garhihabibullah and fired
at him, killing him on the spot. Police said that assailants tortured
had tortured his brother before opening fire at him.
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April 25 |
CTD Mardan region in an operation arrested an
alleged terrorist from Akoddaa Khatak area of Nowshehra District.
The arrested terrorist identified as Rehmat Ullah was involved
in providing SIMS to kidnappers, terrorist, extortionists and
other banned outfits.
Authorities hanged four militants involved in
attacks on civilians, police and troops after they were convicted
by the country's military courts, an army statement said. It said
the four, who were hanged at a prison in KP, belonged to the TTP.
Those executed were identified as Rehmanuddin, Mushtaq Khan, Zafar
Iqbal and Obaidur Rehman. According to the ISPR all the TTP militants
had confessed to their involvement in murdering innocent persons
and carrying out attacks on armed forces and law enforcement agencies.
The Army Chief Qamar Javed Bajwa had confirmed death sentences
passed by military courts on 30 militants, some of whom were involved
in the country's worst-ever extremist attack. The military courts
- in which the army can try civilians on terror charges in secret,
despite strong criticism from rights groups - were established
in the wake of the 2014 attack, which traumatised the country.
They were seen as an "exceptional" short-term measure to give
the government time to reform the criminal justice system, as
the military targeted militants in the tribal areas of the northwest.
The law expired in January 2017, but was shortly extended for
another two years.
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April 28 |
Unidentified gunmen shot dead a senior Afghan
Taliban leader, Maulvi Daud, near Shamshato refugees' camp near
Peshawar, provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The gunmen
sprayed bullets at the car of Maulvi Daud - a former Taliban governor
for Kabul. Daud's driver was also killed in the attack. No group
has claimed responsibility for the attack. There are speculations
of the Islamic State (IS) involvement in the incident, as both
the Taliban and IS supporters had been involved in fighting in
parts of Afghanistan.
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May 7 |
Three CTD officials sustain injuries when an IED
exploded at Khattak Pull area of Peshawar, the provincial capital
of KP. According to reports, the CTD officials were targeted when
they were returning after defusing an IED found outside a girls
primary school in Urmarh area. Police said the blast damaged the
vehicle and the injured were moved to Lady Reading Hospital for
treatment where they were stated to be in stable condition.
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May 19 |
At least 14 people including seven children and
women sustained injuries in five different hand grenade attacks
in Shabqadar tehsil of Charsadda District in KP. According to
Police, the hand grenades were hurled at different places including
a private school in Zareef Kore. A schoolboy and watchman of the
school sustained injuries in the attack on private school, police
said. Three houses were targeted in Meero area. 11 people were
wounded when unidentified miscreants threw hand grenade at a house
in Mosul Kore area.
A car was completely destroyed in three explosions
outside a trader's house in Ghani Rehman Karlay area of Peshawar,
the provincial capital of KP. However, no casualty was reported
in the explosions.
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May 20 |
Four Police personnel, including a SHO, were gunned
down in the Lachi tehsil of Kohat District. DSP Lachi Raza Khan
told that unknown assailants targeted a police mobile which was
on routine patrol. "The assailants ambushed the mobile, killing
four Policemen on-board, including SHO Khanullah and additional
SHO Tahir Mehmood," said the DSP.
Police's counter-terrorism department arrested
a TTP 'commander' in Mundan village in Bannu District. Mansoorullah
Ali alias Qiyaz is believed to be the mastermind behind attack
on Mundan Police Station in Bannu on February 7, 2017. Police
said the TTP 'commander' was found in possession of explosives,
grenades and material used for making bombs.
Police and law enforcement agencies recovered
400 kilogrammes of military-grade explosives during a joint raid
at a house of one Hunzala in Shamshato Refugee Camp, an area falling
within the jurisdiction of Mattani Police Station in Peshawar.
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May 29 |
Four members of a defunct pro-government peace
militia were killed and another was injured in a targeted attack
in Mattani Bazaar in the outskirts of Peshawar, the provincial
capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. "Irshad, Imtiaz, Waheed and Muhammad
Ali - all former volunteers of the defunct Adezai Aman Lashkar
- were killed when gunmen ambushed the vehicle they were travelling
in," SP (Rural), Shaukat Khan said. The injured was identified
by him as Mohsin.
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May 30 |
A relative and former secretary of Afghanistan's
former Prime Minister Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, Haji Fareed, was shot
dead in Tajabad area of Pishtakhara in Peshawar, the provincial
capital of KP. Police said unidentified attackers opened fire
on Haji Fareed while he was coming out of a mosque. As a result,
Fareed died on the spot. Haji Fareed had served as secretary of
Gulbuddin Hekmatyar. He had recently returned from Afghanistan.
Hailing from Kunduz, Fareed was based in Peshawar for the past
decade with his family.
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June 5 |
Six kidnapped Pakistani workers for a Polish oil
and gas company have been freed, a local official said, more than
six months after they were abducted. The workers were kidnapped
on November 26, 2016, on a road near the village of Drazinda,
some 80km (50 miles) from Dera Ismail Khan while carrying out
exploration work for oil and gas surveyor Geofizyka Krakow. The
company has been in liquidation since August 2016, and a spokesperson
for its parent company, PGNIG, said at the time the six were kidnapped
that they were "sub-contractors".
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June 11 |
A senior journalist of a local newspaper, identified
as Baksheesh Allai, was shot dead by undefiled assailants in the
Haripur town of same District in KP. Baksheesh Allai, the bureau
chief of The K2 Times, was on his way home when motorcyclists
intercepted him on a main road and spread him with bullets, successfully
fleeing the scene in its aftermath.
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June 12 |
A drone strike killed a commander of Haqqani network
and his partner in Speen Tal area of Hangu District in KP. Haqqani
network leader Abubakar and his partner were killed when a drone
fired two missiles at his house in Speen Tal area in the night.
The drone strike "completely destroyed" the suspected militant's
house, security sources said. Local residents said the drone was
strafing above the area for a while, before it destroyed the targeted
compound.
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June 15 |
At least three Police personnel and one militant
were during an ambush on the Police vehicle in Chamkani area of
Peshawar, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, in the
evening. The Police personnel were on a routine patrol after iftar
when three assailants riding a motorcycle targeted the Police
van, SP rural Furqan Bilal said. As a result of the firing, constables
Umer Hayat, Shahid and Intikhab Alam laid down their lives while
head constable Sheraz sustained injuries. The Police party, which
belonged to Waheedabad Police Station, retaliated to the assailants'
firing, shooting dead one of the three militants. The other two
militant managed to flee the scene, SP Bilal added.
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June 20 |
Two suspected terrorists were killed in an exchange
of fire with SFs when they attempted to raid a checkpost in Dewana
Baba Ziarat area of Tank District in KP. The ISPR press release
said the attack was successfully repelled when the Pakistani forces
engaged in retaliatory firing and killed the attackers, the ISPR
said.
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June 23 |
Police killed three militants in an encounter
near grid station of Shahpur in Chamkani area of Peshawar, the
provincial capital of KP. SSP, operations, Sajjad Khan said, the
Police, working on a tip-off, raided a floor mill near grid station
of Shahpur in Chamkani, where terrorists opened fire at them as
a result two Policemen, Inspector Zia and constable Arshad were
injured. While in retaliation, the Police also opened fire and
killed three terrorists belonging to a banned outfit, SSP added.
CCPO, Peshawar Tahir Khan said that weapons, explosive material,
detonators, footage and documents were recovered from the building
during the search operation. IGP Salahuddin said that "A high
profile terrorist commander was also among those killed".
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June 30 |
Women rights activist and founder of the first
female jirga, Tabassum Adnan, survived in an armed attack conducted
by unidentified assailants in Saidu Sharif Police Station area
of Swat District in KP. Tabassum Adnan said that some unidentified
assailants starting firing in the midnight on which her police
guard responded and after sometime the attackers fled. Tabassum
is the founder of first female Jirga known as Khwendo Jirga which
works for women rights. She is the recipient of several national
and international awards.
The CTD arrested a key militant identified as
Saeedur Rehman, a resident of Shawar, in Matta tehsil. The Police
said that he was allegedly involved in anti-state activities during
the Swat mayhem.
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July 11 |
A cache of arms and ammunition was recovered by
the SFs in Kohat Town of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. According to an ISPR
press release, SFs conducted an intelligence-based operation and
recovered the weapons while they were being transported from Darra
Adam Khel to Wana. "Weapons were discretely hidden inside the
truck's lower body," the press release read. ISPR said that two
men were also apprehended in the operation. The recovered cache
of weapons includes 614 pistols, 115 automatic weapons, 7,000
rounds of various calibre and 579 pistol magazines.
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July 17 |
Two FC personnel were killed and four others injured
when a suicide bomber targeted their vehicle in Hayatabad area
of Peshawar, the provincial capital of KP. Superintendent of Police
(Cantonment), Imran Malik has confirmed it was a suicide attack
and death of two FC soldiers, including a Major rank officer.
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July 26 |
A religious scholar and leader of the JUI-F, Maulana
Haq Nawaz Haqqani, was shot dead in Shabqadar tehsil of Charsadda
District in KP. According to Police, Maulana Haq Nawaz Haqqani,
administrator of Jamia Muhammadia in the Matta Mughalkhel area,
was going to the mosque in his seminary for Fajr prayer at about
4.20am when two men on a motorcycle opened fire on him. He suffered
10 bullet wounds and died instantly, while the killers escaped.
JUI-F leaders termed the incident targeted killing. They said
Maulana Haqqani was a non-controversial person and had no enmity.
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August 9 |
Four Army personnel, including a major, and two
suicide bombers were killed during an operation in an attempting
to foil a terrorist attack in Sherotkai area of Timergara in Lower
Dir District of KP in the early hours. The ISPR press release
said the Major Ali Salman, who belonged to an intelligence agency,
along with his team carried out an IBO against a terrorist hideout
in Sherotkai area. When the security personnel raided the hideout,
the suspected militants opened fire on the soldiers. One of the
two suicide bombers present inside the hideout then blew himself
up, while the other was killed in the exchange of fire with soldiers.
One suspected terrorist was apprehended during the operation,
the ISPR statement said. The slain Major and soldiers were identified
as Major Ali Salman, Havildar Ghulam Nazir, Havildar Akhtar and
Sepoy Abdul Karim.
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August 18 |
A local leader of the JUI-F, Maulana Syed Ataullah
Shah, was shot dead by unidentified assailants in Banu Ada area
of Dera Ismail Khan District of KP. The assailants targeted Maulana
Syed Ataullah Shah while he was walking home after offering Fajr
prayers in Banu Ada. Shah, who was serving as the khateeb (sermon-giver)
of a local mosque, was considered to be a prominent leader of
JUI Dera Ismail Khan and a close aide of JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur
Rehman.
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August 20 |
A boy was killed and six other children were injured
in a toy bomb explosion in Spinawari area under Pishtakhara Police
Station in Peshawar, provincial capital of KP. Police said the
children were playing in a field when the explosion took place
at around 4pm. The blast was caused by a toy like grenade.
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September 14 |
JUI-Fazl leader and former MPA Hashim Khan and
two of his aides were shot dead in Shah Alam Baba area of Lower
Dir District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. SHO Fazal Mabood said unidentified
assailants had opened fire on the vehicle in which Hashim Khan
was travelling, killing him and his two aides.
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September 24 |
SFs killed three militants in Gara Madda area
of Dera Ismail Khan District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. A press release
issued by ISPR stated that the law enforcement agencies were carrying
out a search operation in Gara Madda area when the alleged encounter
took place. The officials signalled three people, riding a bike,
to stop but they reportedly resorted to firing on the SF personnel,
ensuing an encounter, claimed ISPR. All the three suspects were
later identified as Iqbal, Waheed, and Majid, said ISPR, adding
that Iqbal was reportedly carrying a head money of PKR one million.
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September 26 |
One senior militant Shafqatullah laid down arms
and surrendered before Police in Lakki Marwat District of Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa. A Police official said that Shafqatullah was wanted
to law enforcement agencies in several militancy-related cases,
including Shah Hasankhel suicide blast of January 1, 2010. Over
97 villagers, including security personnel, had been killed in
the blast when a suicide bomber blew up his double-door pickup
truck in the middle of a volleyball match. "The surrendered militant
is also involved in attacks on district police office, police
lines and city police post when militancy was at peak in the southern
district," the official said, adding Shafqatullah was also wanted
to Police in cases of blowing up a water supply scheme in Lakki
city, a government primary school in Shah Hasankhel village and
a house in Dhoda village.
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September 29 |
At least 20 people sustained injuries in an explosion
near a hospital located on Ring Road near Shinwari Town, within
the jurisdiction of Paharipura Police Station, Peshawar, the provincial
capital, Police said. While Rescue 1122 spokesperson Bilal Faizi
said 20 people sustained injuries and were treated on the spot,
SSP (Operations) Sajjad Khan said only five people were seriously
injured in the explosion. "The blast occurred just outside the
hospital, injuring many people including one of the owners, Osman
Maqsood, who was on his way back after Friday prayers," an official
said, adding that according to the bomb disposal squad officials
the device used in the attack was probably homemade. Police said
the hospital owner was the target of the attack as he was already
receiving threatening calls from extortionists.
Police and intelligence agencies in a joint operation
rounded up two terrorists and recovered seven hand grenades, four
IEDs and prima card and shrapnel from an under an construction
house in Peshawar.
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October 2 |
At least one person was killed and two others
injured in a remote-controlled blast in the Ghat area of Malam
Jabba in Swat Valley District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Police said
the blast targeted a family member of a VDC member, Ahmed Zeb.
Zeb's father was killed and two others wounded, Police officials
said.
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October 4 |
Three terrorists tried and convicted by military
courts were executed at a jail in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, ISPR statement
said. The convicts were "involved in committing heinous offences
relating to terrorism, including [an] attack on a PIA plane at
Peshawar Airport, killing of civilians, attacking the armed forces
and law enforcement agencies," the ISPR handout read. Former Army
chief General Raheel Sharif signed the death warrants of the three
terrorists, identified as Sajid, Behram and Fazal-i-Ghaffar.
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October 12 |
A local journalist, Haroon Khan, a correspondent
for Waqt News TV, was shot dead outside his house in Swabi town
of same district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Haroon Khan came under
fire when he stepped out of his home. He was also affiliated with
Akhbar-i-Khaiber, while earlier he remained associated with the
Mashriq TV.
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October 29 |
The Police claimed to have arrested four militants
as they attempted to plant a bomb on Shah Alam bridge in Peshawar,
the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The Counter-Terrorism
Department said the suspects belonging to a banned organization
had made the explosive device using two oil cans. Arms and ammunition
were also recovered from the possession of the militants.
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November 6 |
Two Policemen were killed in an attack at a check
post in the Mardan District.
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November 7 |
Terrorists carried out an explosion targeting
a Health Department Team engaged in anti-polio vaccination at
Jandol in Arif Kele area in Lower Dir District. No casualty was
reported.
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November 11 |
A Peshawar High Court Bench including Chief Justice
Yahya Afridi and Justice Roohul Amin Khan has summoned the CTD's
DSP (Investigation) along with the relevant records over a plea
by Fazal Khan, father of a student Umar Khan killed in the 2014
Peshawar APS attack that his statement be recorded by the CTD
Police Station. He said he had gone to the CTD Police Station
several times to record statement in the case but was denied.
Meanwhile, the Bench also adjourned hearing into
another petition filed by slain APS student Asfand Khan's father,
Advocate Ajun Khan, who sought orders for the Federal and Provincial
governments to make public all information related to the 2014
campus attack and the actions taken by them in light of the August
2014 prior alert about the attack.
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November 12 |
Four civilians and three Security Personnel were
injured in an remote-controlled explosion on Miryan Road in Bannu
District. The SFs were heading from Bannu Cantonment to the Jani
Khel semi-tribal area, when explosives planted on a motorcycle
parked on Miryan Road exploded.
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November 16 |
CTD has arrested two militants in Peshawar. Eight-kilograms
of explosives and a hand grenade were recovered from the arrested
militants.
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November 21 |
Security in and around BKIA in Peshawar, KP, has
been put on high alert amid threat of an attack, on an international
flight.
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November 22 |
An Army Major was killed and one soldier was injured
in an exchange of fire with TTP militants, when the SFs conducted
a raid at Musa Zai Mohllah in Kulachi area of DI Khan City. According
to reports, the Army, acting on a tip-off around midnight, had
raided the house of 'commander' Zahir Shah of the TTP where he
was present with his accomplices.
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November 23 |
Police arrested five alleged militants of TTP
from Shabqadar area of Charsadda District, along with cache of
explosive and ammunition. SHO Shabqadar Police Station Muhammad
Arif said the militants were planning an attack on vaccination
teams during the on-going anti-polio drive in the area. The five
militants belonged to Bajaur Agency of FATA. Police also recovered
40 kilogrammes of explosive, seven mortar shells, three speaker
magnets, two IEDs, 10 hand grenades, 13 detonators, and five remote
control receivers with a 20-metre of cord from Wacha Wala Graveyard
of Subhan Khwar area on Peshawar-Shabqadar Road.
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November 24 |
AIG of Police, Muhammad Ashraf Noor was killed
while seven other Policemen were injured, when a suicide bomber
hit his motorbike into the vehicle carrying the AIG and other
Personnel, near Zarghoni Mosque in the Hayatabad area between,
Phase 1 and 2 in Peshawar District. There are however conflicting
reports on the total number of casualties in the attack. Militant
outfit LeJ claimed responsibility for the attack.
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December 1 |
At least nine persons, including six students,
were killed and 37 were injured when TTP terrorists attacked the
ATI in Peshawar, KP. At least four attackers wearing suicide jackets
under burqas reached the compound in a rickshaw. Their
first target was the security guard, after which they headed inside
towards the ATI students' hostel. Two soldiers were also injured
in the rescue operation. A cache of arms and ammunition, including
three suicide jackets, 20 hand grenades, AK-47 rifles and IEDs
were recovered from the incident site. According to reports, about
120 college residents, out of a total of nearly 400, were present
at the time of the attack. Most of the others had gone home for
a long holiday weekend. TTP took the responsibility for the attack,
claiming that it was not targeting the Institute, but a safe house
belonging to Pakistan's ISI in the same area.
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December 2 |
Two suspected militants were arrested near Jumma
Khan Khwar in Nasir Bagh area of Peshawar. The arrested militants
were wanted in target killings and arms and explosives were recovered
from them.
Police arrested nine suspects from Badhbher, Telaband,
and other areas outside Peshawar. Arms and ammunition were recovered
from the suspects.
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December 4 |
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly demanded an inquiry
into ATI attack on December 1 in Peshawar. The Lawmakers of both
the Treasury and Opposition Benches were divided over the role
of SFs that took down the militants at the institute. PPP Lawmaker
Nighat Orakzai said the role of SFs had created unrest among the
people. She said a student, who had had a scuffle with one of
the terrorists, had told her that "he snatched the weapon from
the terrorist and then locked him up in a room, but the terrorist
was later killed by the security forces in the room". JI Senior
Minister for Local Government Inayatullah Khan said "If police
could overcome the terrorist and arrest him easily, then why didn't
they? This needs to be investigated". Law Minister Imtiaz Shahid
Qureshi refuted the statement of the student saying that it was
just hearsay, adding that he had the complete report of the police
which stated that four to five militants who attacked the institute
were killed in the fight with the SFs.
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December 6 |
Two militants were killed by SFs in an IBO in
the Jahan Abad area of Swat District. Two facilitators were also
arrested.
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December 8 |
Army and Police conducted a Joint-Search Operation
and arrested 19 suspected militants in Gulberg and Riggi areas
of Peshawar District. Arms and drugs were recovered from marked
houses during the operation. Police reported that in total approximately
80 houses were searched.
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December 11 |
Six militants belonging to a sub-group of TTP
Swat faction, allegedly linked to the ATI attack in Peshawar in
KP on December 1, were arrested during raids in the areas bordering
Charsadda District in KP and Mohmand Agency in FATA. Suicide vests
and explosive material were recovered from the militants. However
the main accused remains absconding despite raids being conducted
by SFs in Bajaur Agency in FATA, where he was reported to have
been present.
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December 12 |
CTD personnel acting on prior intelligence arrested
a suspected militant from Dogadra Area in Upper Dir District.
The militant was identified as Fazl Subhan.
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December 13 |
A two-member bench of the Peshawar High Court
acting on the petition filed by one Fazal Khan, disallowed the
Government from releasing the former 'spokesperson' of TTP, Ehsanullah
Ehsan, and directed the authorities to continue with the investigation.
The petition stated that the Government was planning to give clemency
to Ehsan who is in the custody of Security Agencies. Ehsanullah
Ehsan had later joined JuA.
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December 14 |
KP has witnessed 50 per cent decline in militancy
related incidents in the current year (period not specified) as
compared to the previous year (period not specified). 126 militancy
related cases were reported to police in 2017 (period not specified),
as against 258 cases of militancy in 2016 (period not specified).
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December 19 |
Three SF personnel and two civilians were injured
when a bomb planted along a road at Bacha Abad area of Kulachi
Town in Dera Ismail Khan District exploded. No militant outfit
has claimed responsibility for the attack yet. Police sources
said the bomb was remotely controlled and exploded when the SFs'
vehicle were travelling towards Loni area from Kolachi.
DGMO Major General Sahir Shamshad Mirza briefed
the Senators on the progress of Operation Radd-ul-Fassad. He confirmed
that under the Radd-ul-Fassad, at least 18,001 IBOs were conducted
across Pakistan (periods not specified). Giving further details
he said that 1,249 IBOs had been conducted in KP and the FATA,
including 31 major operations; 13,011 operations had been conducted
in Punjab, including seven major operations; 1,410 operations,
including 29 major operations, were undertaken in Balochistan;
2015 operations, including seven major operations, were conducted
in Sindh. No break up was provided for rest 242 IBOs. There were
another 4,983 search-based combing operations (across Pakistan).
At least 19,993 weapons were also recovered during these operations.
Further, briefing on Karachi, he said that since the launch of
the Rangers operation in Karachi in 2013, at least 8,780 suspects
had been transferred to the Police; 12,105 weapons were seized
and 1,948 militants were arrested; 154 abductees had been freed
from captivity and 154 kidnappers were arrested; and 24 soldiers
had been killed (period for the data not specified).
PM Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, COAS General Qamar Javed
Bajwa and JUI-F 'chief' Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman met to discuss
FATA reforms. Unnamed sources in the Government confirmed that
Fazl gave conditional support as he wanted the PM to meet with
the Supreme Council of FATA Grand Jirga to listen to their concerns
on the matter.
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December 20 |
Afghanistan Consul General Mohammad Moeen Marastial
during a press briefing stated that tribal people's consent is
a must for KP and FATA merger. "Our Government has no reservations
over the merger, but the opinion of the people of the area is
paramount before taking such a major decision," he said.
The Opposition for the eighth consecutive day
staged a walkout from the National Assembly proceedings over non-inclusion
of FATA reforms bill in the agenda. PM Shahid Khaqan Abbasi held
a meeting with the FATA Supreme Council of Grand Jirga to develop
consensus on the issue.
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December 21 |
Former PM and PML-N President
Nawaz Sharif met incumbent PM Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and agreed to
address the concerns of JUI-F Chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman over FATA
reforms. Chief Minister Punjab Shahbaz Sharif and other senior leaders
of PML-N were also present in the meeting. |
December 26 |
The FATA Youth Jirga said in press briefing in
Islamabad that it will start a countrywide petition campaigning
to convince masses within and out of Government on FATA reforms
espousing merger with KP.
The Federal Cabinet approved early merger of
FATA into KP. An official statement issued after the Cabinet meeting
chaired by PM Shahid Khaqan Abbasi said that approval was granted
"to the formation of National Implementation Committee (NIC) on
the FATA Reforms." The NIC had agreed that the FATA people will
be able to elect 23 members to the KP assembly, while the NA seats
would be finalised after consultations.
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December 29 |
The Kulachi Police arrested six suspected militants
and recovered arms and ammunition in raids at Kot Walidad and
Nikora Check Posts in Kulachi Tehsil of Dera Ismail Khan District.
Five of the arrestees were identified as Abdullah Jan, Hanif,
Ziaullah, Ghulam Mustafa, and Sher Khan. The Police recovered
one gun, one pistol with over 100 bullets from Abdullah Jan; one
gun from Hanif; one rifle from Ziaullah; two rifles with ten rounds
from Ghulam Mustafa; and 12-bore gun with four cartridges from
Sher Khan.
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* The Government of Pakistan passed the bill in the National
Assembly on April 15, 2010 that changed the name of North West Frontier
Province to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Source:Compiled from news reports and
are provisional.
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