Five suspected militants were killed in an explosion in a Khyber tribal region on Sunday, officials said. The explosion occurred in the center of a banned militant group “Lashkar-e-Islam” in Bara area, they said. The group’s spokesman, Younas Khan, was among those killed in the blast. The group fights Security forces in Khyber region, […]
A roadside bomb Friday killed at least two Frontier Corps (FC) personnel in Khyber tribal region, security sources said. They said an improvised explosive device (IED) hit the patrolling party in Akakhel area of Bara Tehsil. No group claimed responsibility. The Taliban and Lashkar-e-Islam militant groups are carrying out attacks on forces in Khyber agency, […]
A car bomb blast killed at least 12 people near a camp for displaced persons in district Nowshehra on Thursday, police and witnesses said. District Police Officer (DPO) Nowshera Hussain Khan confirmed that 12 people lost lives and 30 others injured when a bomb planted in car blasted at Jalozai camp’s administration block. […]
Lashkar-e-Islam, a banned militant outfit, has denied links with CIA agent Dr Shakil Afrdi, who helped US trace Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad, the garrison town of Pakistan. Shakeel Afridi was on May 24 sentenced to 33 years in jail after he was found guilty of treason under Pakistan’s system of tribal justice. Afridi was […]
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