South Waziristan | Pakistan

Security forces have arrested an Afghan suicide bomber from South Waziristan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, in an operation conducted by the Frontier Corps, uncovering links between the Afghan Taliban and the militant network “Fitna al-Khawarij.

A deadly bomb blast near a taxi stand in Lower Wana Bazaar, South Waziristan, claimed two lives and left 14 others injured on Thursday.

Seven police personnel of two police stations were allegedly abducted in two separate incidents on Sunday while patrolling in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s South Waziristan district, police said. Upper South Waziristan District Police Officer (DPO) Arshad Khan confirmed the incident and said efforts are underway to locate the policemen who went missing during routine patrolling. “Seven police personnel were patrolling when unidentified individuals took them away,” DPO Arshad told Dawn.com. He said three policemen — Insaf, Abid and Ismail — were on patrol in the limits of Ladha police station when they went missing. In a separate but similar incident, four policemen went missing from Tanga Chagmalai in the limits of Sarwakai police station. They include sub-inspector Abdul Khaliq, and constables Irfanullah, Habibullah and Imran. The police officer said no information has been received about the missing policemen and a search operation is underway to locate them. Pakistan has witnessed an uptick in terror activities ove...

Seven minors were among 22 people injured in an alleged quadcopter strike in the Wana tehsil of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s South Waziristan district, according to a hospital list. An incident report issued by the district headquarters hospital (DHQ) in Wana mentioned a “drone attack” at 8pm, which injured 22 people aged between 13 and 60 years. The condition of a 13-year-old and a man was listed as “serious”, and they were referred to “tertiary care”. Seven, including three aged 15, 18 and 19 years, had “major” injuries. The rest of the 13 had “minor” injuries, of which two were discharged. PTI-affiliated MNA Zubair Khan Wazir echoed the hospital’s tally and told Dawn.com, “The young men were playing volleyball when the quadcopter fired shells on them.” He added that people in the area were “scared and restricted to their homes after the attack”. Wazir, in a post on Facebook, strongly condemned the “drone attack in which innocent citizens were targeted”. He demanded that the federal government and the relevant inst...

A day-long curfew was enforced in South Waziristan district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Sunday due to heightened security concerns, local authorities confirmed.

A grand Jirga of tribal elders was held in Wana, South Waziristan, to commemorate the success of Operation Bunyan-um-Marsoos and honor the sacrifices made by the security forces.

A powerful explosion targeted the vehicle of local JUI-F leader Maulana Noorullah on Thursday near a seminary in the lower South Waziristan district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, police said. The explosion hit Maulana Noorullah’s car near Shahzad Madrassah, adjacent to a police station in the district’s Azam Warsak market. According to a police statement, the bomb attack was carried out to target Maulana Noorullah, who remained unharmed. Police confirmed the incident and said there were no casualties in the explosion. Security forces cordoned off the area and started an investigation. According to a video later released by the JUI-F, Maulana Noorullah told his supporters that he was accompanied by local party leaders Maulana Ishaq and Maulana Amanullah when the blast occurred. “We all are safe,” he told his supporters. “We want peace in the country and protection of religious schools, mosques and all Muslims.” JUI-F leaders have been targeted in different parts of KP and Balochistan over the past several months. On ...

At least seven people were killed and 15 injured in a blast in Wana, South Waziristan on Monday, according to the deputy commissioner.