7 September 2023

BALOCHISTAN

One person was injured in a grenade attack by the unknown persons at the residence of Mir Asadullah Baloch, President BNP-Awami in Quetta (27 August).

 Police Constable Akhtar Khan was attacked and killed by unidentified terrorists on Saryab  Road, Quetta (29 August).

 A tractor driver was injured in an IED blast during construction work in a World Bank aided water scheme in Kuhjak Daman area in Sibi district. In another incident, unknown miscreants threw a grenade on a construction project supported by the World Bank on the Loni Road in the said district; however, no loss of human life was reported. Baloch Republican Guards” a self-styled militant group claimed responsibility for these attacks (31 August).

 CTD police in an IBO killed four terrorists including their commander Shakir Din @ Umer Khalidin Surkhab area of Pishin district (31 August).

Unknown armed persons shot dead two persons Rahim Din and Qadar Bakash in Panizai dam area of Monogchar in Kalat district (1 September).

Unidentified miscreants hurled a grenade on a police mobile van in Hazar Ganji area of Quetta causing injuries to two police officials (2 September).

Unidentified motorcyclist gunned down two persons identified as Samiullah and Abdul Hafeez on Quetta- Karachi Road in Khadukocha area of Mastong district (3 September).

Levies Force personal named Muhommad Husain Lehri was martyred by unknown assailants in Mangochar town of Kalat district (3 September).

CTD police reportedly killed five terrorists while five managed to escape during a raid on their hideout in Bismah town of Washuk district (3 September).

Police  reportedly rescued a child in a tip-off raid and killed three kidnappers during exchange of fire in Quetta (3 September).

KPK

CTD police claimed to have arrested an alleged terrorist Asadullah alongwith his two facilitators affiliated with TTP and involved in the IED attack on the former MPA Malik Liaqat Khan and chief of the local anti militant lashkar from Lower Dir district. The incident took lives of the four persons including the brother of the MPA, his nephew and two police constables performing security duties with him (27  August).

Unknown motorcyclist gunned down one Saleem Khan in Bara-Qamber Bazar in Khyber district (27 August).

Unknown motorcyclists shot and injured a local company salesman Muhammad Yousaf on Kohat-Hangu Road in Kohat (28 August).

Frontier Corps ( FC) Havaldar Saeed Shah Bangash was martyred in a sniper gun attack by unknown terrorists in the Khushal area of North Waziristan district (28 August).

Unidentified terrorists martyred two police constables – Bashir Rehman and Saif Ali in a targeted attack in Dera Pezu in Lakki Marwat district (28 August).

Police repulsed the attack of a terrorist group on Talegram police station and a checkpost, Malam Jabba in Swat district however, during exchange of fire a police personnel  named Jameel sustained injuries (29 August).

Torghar Levies Police chief Gulfraz escaped unhurt in an IED blast outside of his house in Judhba area in Manshera district (29 August).

Police repulsed the attack of terrorists on the Darban Police station by retaliatory fire in Dera Ismail Khan district (30 August)

CTD police in a raid killed two terrorists while six others managed to escape during the exchange of fire in Juma Khan Khwar Regi, Model Town phase-4 in Peshawar (30 August).

In a motorcycle-borne suicide IED attack on a military convoy, nine soldiers including Naib Subedar Sonabar Ali embraced martyrdom while five others injured in Janikhel area of Bannu district (31 August).

Security Forces’ Havaldar Munrazir Shah was martyred in exchange of fire with terrorists in Tirah area of Khyber district (31 August).

Two soldiers, including Major Amir Aziz and Sepoy Muhommad Arif, were martyred while a terrorist was killed and another injured in exchange of fire in Miranshah area of North Waziristan district (1 September).

Twelve terrorists were killed in clashes with the security forces in a border town of Chitral Valley. Four soldiers were martyred in the skirmish. These TTP terrorists were based in Gawardesh, Pitigal, Barg-e-Matel and Batash areas of Nuristan and Kunar provinces of Afghanistan. Pakistan had already picked up their movement and timely shared it with the Interim Afghan (Taliban) government but they did little to stop this incursion from inside Afghanistan. TTP had been threatening to attack the checkposts in Chitral therefore Chitral Scouts were put on alert at the border with Kunar and Nuristan provinces of Afghanistan. TTP terrorists had entered the border villages in Chitral’s Bumburet Valley and set up their sanctuaries on hilltops. They fired from hilltops at the paramilitary Chitral Scouts of FC and local police (6 September).

Comments & Analysis: The groups within Afghan Taliban are supporting TTP not only in harbouring them in the Afghanistan area but also facilitating their terrorist attacks inside Pakistan.  Despite repeated reminders and warnings the Afghan Taliban government has not stopped these militants from using its soil to attack the neighbouring country. Some sources are of the opinion that the Afghan government high ups are unable to stop their lower ranks and foot soldiers from providing support to TTP. In this particular case Pakistan could have launched aerial attacks to neutralise TTP terrorists inside Afghanistan. 

A skirmish took place between border forces of Pakistan and Afghanistan at Torkham border. The Afghan Taliban wanted to build a check-post adjacent to the border which was not acceptable to Pakistan. The disagreement culminated into exchange of fire. There were no casualties but the border was closed for all sort of traffic (6 September).

SINDH

CTD police claims to have arrested two alleged terrorists – Amin Solangi and Ayaz Khan affiliated with the defunct SindhuDesh Revolutionary Army (SRA) from Sikandrabad Colony, Kotri in Jamshoro district (28 August).