FATA
PARACHINAR: Kurram Agency political administration has asked the Afghan nationals to leave the area within a week, officials said. Dawn
Pakistan
SHEIKHUPURA: Seven suspected militants were killed in an `encounter` with the personnel of the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) near a level crossing in the Bhiki area in the Reports said the CTD received information about the presence of 10 militants in an outhouse near the Barrianwalla level crossing, some 20km from here. When the CTD personnel surrounded the hideout, the militants opened fire at them. Dawn, The News, The Frontier Post, The Nation, The Daily Aaj, The Daily Mashriq
CHITRAL: Youth can play a key role in the fight against terrorism and in efforts to bring prosperity to the country, Chief of Army Staff Gen Raheel Sharif said in a speech at the closing ceremony of the Shandur festival. `The noose has been tightened around terrorists and their facilitators and the day is not far off when the country will become a haven of peace, prosperity and progress,` he said. Dawn, The Express Tribune, The Daily Aaj, The Daily Mashriq
WASHINGTON: Almost 70 per cent of the fighters of the militant Islamic State (IS) group in Afghanistan are Pakistani Taliban who joined IS after having been forced out of their country, says a top US commander. Dawn
QUETTA: Security forces arrested 13 suspected militants and facilitators of a banned organisation during raids in Quetta and Sanjavi area and seized illegal weapons. A spokesman for the Frontier Corps said that FC personnel on a tip-off raided Sanjavi area of Ziarat district and arrested three facilitators of a banned militant organisation. Dawn
QUETTA: A Levies constable was shot dead in Keechi Baig area of Sariab here. According to police, men on a motorcycle with their faces covered with masks opened fire at a medical store, severely injuring Constable MuhammadArif Rind. Police took him to the Civil Hospital where he died. Police termed it an incident of targeted killing. Dawn
HYDERABAD: Larkana police are reported to have found a pamphlet purported to have been written by Sindhudesh Revolutionary Army (SRA) claiming responsibility for explosions near a Rangers` checkpoint. It warns the paramilitary force to leave Sindh as soon as possible. Dawn
LA RKANA: Rangers and police personnel carried out joint raids at several places in Wara town of Larkana district and picked up many suspects in connection with the twin blasts that occurred near a checkpost of the paramilitary force. Dawn
ISL AMABAD: The Islamabad police and the Rangers conducted search operations in different parts of the city and took 21 suspected people into custody. Dawn, The Frontier Post
PESHAWAR: More than 300 Afghan nationals were arrested in five days for illegally staying in the provincial capital, police officials said.The police had carried out 18 search and strike operations in different parts. The News, The Nation
ISLAMABAD: The counter-terrorism authorities have arrested over 15,000 hate preachers as part of a crucial exercise to swiftly execute the National Action Plan (NAP), a move federal government claimed to ‘de-radicalise the society’ for maintaining constant peace in the country. The News
KARACHI: At least nine suspects including two workers of a political party were arrested by the Rangers and police in various areas here.The Sindh Rangers conducted raids in different parts of the metropolis and nabbed five suspected criminals. The Nation
LAHORE: Border Security Force (BSF) shot dead a Pakistani national who crossed the border by mistake. The Nation
Rawalpindi : Punjab Secretary for Housing, Urban Development and Public Health Engineering Department, Capt (Retd) Muhammad Khurram Agha visited Rawalpindi yesterday for inspection of arrangements being made by WASA for anticipated upcoming heavy rains in the current monsoon season in the city. The Nation, The Daily Mashriq
ISLAMABAD: Top political negotiators of the Afghan Taliban have wrapped up a visite to China,their second to the Communist nation in less than two ,holding key talks with senior Chinese officials that were focused mainly on the prospects for peace negotiations . The Express Tribune, The Daily Mashriq, Dawn
Afghanistan
KABUL:A Taliban insurgents attacked a guesthouse of foreign contractors in Kabul . Pajhwok
LAGHMAN : At least four civilians were wounded in a bomb blast in eastern Laghman province . pajhwok
FARYAB : An intelligence agent was shot dead by unknown gunmen. Pajhwok
NANGARHAR: The magnetic bomb attached to police vehicle exploded personnel.The blast left four civilians wounded. Pajhwok
HELMAND: Scores of security personnel have been missing in the wake of a fierce firefight in the Nad Ali district in southern Helmand .Pajhwok..
GHAZNI: Two and, one Afghan National Army (ANA) soldier and 10 Taliban were killed in overnight clashes in southern Ghazni province, pajhwok
GHAZNI: Forty Taliban militants were killed and another at least 10 wounded during Afghan forces’ airstrikes on their hideout in the Gilan district of southern Ghazni province , . pajhwok
KABUL: At least one policeman was killed and three others were injured in a Taliban attack on the North Gate Hotel in Kabul city
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