Tag: Kurram

PESHAWAR - At least nine militants were killed as security forces targeted their hideouts in central Kurram Agency on Thursday.
According to a private TV, forces have been conducting operations in Kurram Agency for the past ten years and have been able to re-establish their presence in major areas. However, security forces are facing tough resistance in some areas of lower and central Kurram.

PESHAWAR - Four people were killed when unidentified terrorists fired a rocket on a vehicle in Lower Kurram on Sunday, official sources said. The assailants, armed with automatic weapons, fired a rocket at the vehicle in Shaheedano village in Kurram Agency, killing four people and injuring several others, said the sources, adding that the victims also included a woman. They said the injured had been immediately rushed to a nearby hospital.

PESHAWAR - At least four persons were killed when rockets were fired at a passenger vehicle in Kurram Agency early Sunday morning.
the militants fired four rockets at a passenger van in Shahdan Dhand border area, killing four people, including a woman.
The victims are Afghans, who were returning to their country from Kurram Agency.

ISLAMABAD - Chairman of Standing Committee for SAFRON and MNA, Sajid Hussain Toori on Saturday warned the government to recover the innocent people of his tribe (Toori Qabila) within 24 hours failing which they would take law in their own hands by launching operation against the anti-social elements. Unknown gunmen killed 8 people and kidnapped 45 in raids last night on two minibuses in Pakistan's tribal region along the Afghan border, from which 9 people succeeded escape, according

PESHAWAR - At least eight people were killed and another eight injured on Friday when armed assailants ambushed a convoy of vehicles carrying passengers to Parachinar, officials said. The militants also took 45 people hostage and took along three vehicles after the attack.
The caravan of vehicles was on way to Parachinar from Lower Kurram agency when it was attacked near Bagan, considered a stronghold of militants in Kurram agency. The attackers torched two of the five buses in

ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister (PM) Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani announced Rs 1.7 billion on Tuesday for the rehabilitation of around 32,000 internally displaced people (IDP) of Kurram Agency (KA) who had to leave their homes because of sectarian riots and militancy. He told members of a grand jirga from KA in a meeting at Prime Minister's House that Rs 1 billion would be provided to the IDP from the current budget and Rs 700 million from the next.
He appreciated the efforts of Federally

PESHAWAR - At least six militants were killed and three injured in a clash with the security forces in Lower Kurram Agency on Thursday.
The officials said a group of militants attacked the security forces check-post at Saif Ul Dara area and that the security forces retaliated and gunned down six militants. Three militants were
injured in the clashes.
The local tribesmen said that notorious militant commander Gul Sharif, his son and a nephew were also among the dead.

PESHAWAR - Security forces on Wednesday targeted militants' hideouts in Kurram agency near Afghan border killing seven Taliban.
A Frontier Constabulary source told APP that the forces launched the attack in Chinarak area in Kurram Agency, killing seven militants and injuring many others.
The forces also destroyed three hideouts of militants, including an ammunition depot.