A grand Jirga of Orakzai tribal elders and community leaders was held on Friday at the Commissioner’s House, Kohat, to review the security situation and strengthen cooperation with state institutions. The meeting was chaired by Commissioner Kohat Division Syed Motasim Billah Shah and Regional Police Officer (RPO) Abbas Majid Marwat, and attended by senior officials […]
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30 ‘Fitna al-Khawarij’ Terrorists Killed in Orakzai Operation: ISPR
RAWALPINDI: At least 30 terrorists linked to the Fitna al-Khawarij network were eliminated in an operation carried out by Pakistan’s security forces in Orakzai district, security sources confirmed on Thursday. The slain militants were involved in the October 7–8 Orakzai attack that martyred Lt Col Junaid Tariq, Major Tayyab Rahat, and nine other soldiers. Read […]
Two military officers among 11 soldiers martyred in Orakzai
Eleven military personnel, including a Lieutenant Colonel and a major, were martyred during an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Orakzai district while 19 Indian-sponsored terrorists were killed, the military’s media affairs wing said on Wednesday. A statement by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said, security forces conducted an IBO in Orakzai district on the […]
More Bloodshed
Orakzai. Central Kurram. Eleven soldiers, including a lieutenant colonel and a major, were killed in a pre-dawn assault. Nineteen militants died in return. The firefight lasted hours, a grim echo of battles Pakistan thought it had buried after Zarb-e-Azb. Across the province, villages watch the mountains in silence while gunfire writes the news. The Tehreek-e-Taliban […]