FATA
PARACHINAR: Kurram Agency Pakistan Peoples Party President Hamid Hussain Toori was shot dead by assailants here. The motive behind the target killing is yet to be ascertained as the assassinated leader of the PPP had no enmity with anyone. Dawn
HANGU: The second phase of sending displaced families back to their native areas in Orakzai Agency would start from July 20 next week, an official said. The News, The Daily Times
Pakistan
KARACHI: Izhar Ahmed, a member of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement’s coordination committee, was arrested by Rangers in Federal B Area. The News
MINGORA: Four policemen and a child were injured when a police van was hit by an improvised explosive device (IED) here. According to police, the van was going to Kalam when it was hit by the IED planted on a roadside in Kalalai area of Bahrain tehsil. The bomb was detonated by remote control. Dawn
WASHINGTON: The slain Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden considered Pakistan an enemy and made every effort to harm the country and its people, says Ambassador Jalil Abbas Jilani. Dawn
QUETTA: A large quantity of arms and ammunition has been seized during a search operation in Toba Achakzai area of Kila Abdullah district bordering Afghanistan. Personnel of Frontier Corps and an intelligence agency launched the operation on receiving information about dumping of illegal arms and ammunition in the area, an FC spokesman said, adding that the consignment was to be sent to Quetta and other areas of Kila Abdullah for subversive activities. Dawn
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police said that terrorism incidents had dropped by 65 per cent across the province during the first six months of the current year compared to the corresponding period of 2013. Dawn
Afghanistan
NANGARHAR: Two Tajikistan nationals were arrested before they manage to join the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) loyalists in Bati Kot district of eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan. Khaama
KABUL: The bordering regions between Afghanistan and Pakistan are still safe havens for many terrorist groups, the US Department of State. Khaama
KABUL: The Taliban militants group in Afghanistan reacted towards the visit by the US defense secretary Ashton Carter in Afghanistan. The Taliban group spokesman, Zabiullah Mujahid, said “Our struggle against the invaders shall continue until the complete independence of our country and establishment of pathway for an Islamic system. No threat can ever stop our struggle in this path.” Khaama
KABUL: The former top American diplomat Zalmay Khalilzad has said Pakistan has been playing a dangerous game since the Taliban group was overthrown. Khaama
KABUL: Civil society activists and Provincial Council (PC) members claimed Pakistani security forces had launched the construction of a helipad and military installations in the Gomal district of southeastern Paktika province. Pajhwok
NANGARHAR: At least 13 Taliban, including four Pakistani, have been killed and 14 others wounded during airstrike and ground offensive in the Khogyani district of eastern Nangarhar Province. Pajhwok
FARAH: Three policemen have been killed in militants attack in the Jawin district of western Farah province. Pajhwok
GHOR: Two security personnel have been killed and seven others wounded in a Taliban attack on police check-posts in western Ghor province. Six Taliban were also killed in the hour-long clash. The rebels stormed the postsin Shah Tegh locality, 30 kilometres north of Ferozkoh. Pajhwok
KABUL: The governor said more than 300 foreign militants existed in two district of northeastern Badakhshan province and they had established military bases in areas under Taliban. Ahmad Faisal Begzad told United Nations Secretary General’s special deputy representative for Afghanistan, Mark Bowden, who arrived here on Wednesday, that 65 percent of the populations in Badakhshan were destitute and they needed UN’s humanitarian assistance. Pajhwok
