Showing posts with label Lower Dir District. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lower Dir District. Show all posts

Sunday, February 10, 2013

Suspected militants with ANA, Pak Army uniforms and explosives arrested in KP

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province (red), in Pakistan...
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province (red), in Pakistan (pink). (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
PESHAWAR: Security forces conducted different raids in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Sunday arresting four suspects, including two key commanders, besides seizing uniforms of Pakistani and Afghan National Army along with a huge quantity of arms and explosives.

Security sources told Dawn.Com that the law enforcement agencies conducted a raid in Samar Bagh area of Lower Dir district and seized uniforms of Pakistan Army and the Afghan National Army (ANA) and arrested two suspects, who were shifted for further investigations.

The sources further claimed that seven hand grenades, six detonators, three kilograms of explosives, nine mines, 7 mm gun, one  Kalashnikov and several Chinese made guns were recovered from the suspects.

The officials added that five uniforms of Pakistan Army and Afghan National Army each and the suspects were planning to conduct an attack disguised as ANA or Pakistani army personnel.

In another raid in Nowshera district’s Jaroba area in Pabbi tehsil, law enforcement agencies arrested two suspected key commanders affiliated to a militant group. The arrested men were suspected to be the militant’s main source of weapons supply in Tirah Valley.

The official sources added that the suspected militants were shifted to an undisclosed location for interrogation.

— Contribution by Zahir Shah Sherazi

from DAWN
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Sunday, September 16, 2012

Pakistan: 15 killed, 12 injured in Lower Dir blast

A roadside bomb killed 15 passengers in a van and wounded 12 others in Lower Dir on Sunday morning, police said.

The vehicle was hit in the Jandol area when it was taking people from a border village to the town of Munda early in the morning, said Ejaz Abid, police chief in Lower Dir district where the attack took place.

He said the bomb was planted in a dirt road and apparently detonated by remote control. The injured were rushed to a hospital, where some remained in serious condition.

Local government official Mahmood Aslam said two children were among the dead. He said that the vehicle was not carrying any tribal elders, militia commanders, or others from the area frequently targeted by militants. ”I don’t understand why the passenger vehicle was targeted,” he said. Dilawar Khan, a survivor, said he heard a huge blast, and the passengers suddenly dived to the ground.

”There was a big bang and we all were lying here and there … I was listening to people’s cries but unable to see anything as dust and smoke engulfed the air … Then I found myself in the hospital with my leg and hand bandaged,” said Khan. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack yet.

from The Nation
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