• Pro-GOVT ‘Commander’, two associated assault on the rival group
• The Army confirms the Afghan national among the militants killed in northern Waziristan
Lakki Marwat / Peshawar: Two police officers were martyred when the terrorists attacked a police post in the Fatehkhel area of the Bannu district on Friday night.
A police officer said the assailants used light and heavy weapons in the midnight attack. “It was an attack from all the parties, with the aim of taking advantage of the control of the police post,” said the official, added that the service officers returned the fire effectively.
The official said the police officers hired the attackers until the reinforcements arrived. He added that the security personnel successfully repelled the attempt of the militants to invade the police post, forcing them to flee after a fierce shooting.
Two agents, identified as Rahimullah and Ziaullah, lost their lives in battle. Their bodies were transferred to the Hospital of the District headquarters.
This was the second attack in a police post in two days. On Thursday night, the militants tried a similar assault in the same area, but were repelled by the police. According to the reports, the attackers suffered victims, but managed to evacuate their injured accomplices.
The bodies of martyred police officers were taken to the police lines of IQBAL Ahmed, attached commissioner Abdul Hameed, other officials, local elders and public members.
Police and administration officials placed floral crowns in the coffins, and an alert police contingent presented a final greeting. The bodies were later sent to their native cities for burial with all official honors.
Rpo Imran Shahid visited the police post on Saturday, meeting with officers and praising them for their resistance against militants.
Inspecting the damage caused by the attack, spent cartridges and projectile caps of the militant weapons were shown.
Commander Pro-Govt murdered
A pro -government commander and his two associates were killed and at least another 10 injured when a rival group attacked its base near Mirali in northern Waziristan on Friday night.
The sources said that around 30 armed men broke into the center of the head of the Local Peace Committee, Malik Qadir Zaman, in the Gurbaz area, near Mirali. Commander Fateh, a key figure in the Qadir Zaman group responsible for financial and other issues, was among those killed.
A resident, talking about anonymity, said they were asleep when the heavy shots and explosions woke them up. “At first, we thought it was a clash between security forces and militants. The shots continued for almost an hour, ”he said.
According to officials, the injured were transferred to a hospital in Bannu to receive treatment. Contradictory reports on the condition of Qadir Zaman have emerged.
‘National Afghan’
The security forces confirmed on Saturday that one of the three militants killed in a meeting in northern Waziristan was an Afghan national involved in multiple attacks.
The wing of the military media, public relations between services (ISPR), declared that the Afghan interim government had been contacted to take custody of the body.
On Friday, ISPR said that three militants dressed in Burka were shot dead in an intelligence -based operation in the Datta Khel area. The militants, disguised as Burkas, tried to escape when they were intercepted.
Later, one of them was identified as Luqman Khan aka Nusrat, son of Kamal Khan, from the district of Spera of the province of Khost of Afghanistan. The authorities said Nusrat had been involved in multiple militant attacks within Pakistan.
The ISPR statement described such incidents as “irrefutable evidence” of the participation of Afghan citizens in militant activities within Pakistan. The army urged the interim government to fulfill its obligations and avoid the use of Afghan territory for such acts.
Our correspondent in Waziristan del Norte also contributed to this report
Posted in Dawn, February 9, 2025
