Police arrested a tribal elder along with his three sons for their involvement in terrorism and recovered huge cache of arms and five suspicious vehicles from their house in Khwasi Banda area of Kohat district on Sunday.
DPO Dilawar Khan Bangash said that they had received information about the involvement of Khan Akbar and his three sons in terrorist activities.
Police raided their house in Khwasi Banda in Jarma area of Kohat, arresting them and seizing Kalashnikovs, pistols, repeaters and five suspicious vehicles parked at a secret place.
Khan Akbar and his three sons -- Inamullah, Eid Akbar and Amanullah --were brought to Kohat in tight security.
Police said that they had links with Taliban. They had registered themselves as internally displaced people to sneak into Kohat from Orakzai Agency last month.
Meanwhile, security forces destroyed a 20-kilogram heavy improvised explosive device planted at a roadside in Darra Adamkhel on Sunday.
Monday, January 18, 2010
Friday, January 8, 2010
Talks for VC’s release face deadlock
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Negotiations for release of the Kohat university vice-chancellor have reached a deadlock after militants put forward tough conditions to the government, sources told Dawn on Thursday.
Kohat University of Science and Technology vice-chancellor Dr Lutfullah Kakakhel was kidnapped on Nov 6, 2009, from the Akhorwal area in Darra Adamkhel by seven armed people.
Talks for his release hit snags after the killing of 17 tribesmen whose bodies were found in a graveyard in Darra Adamkhel last month, the sources said.
A Taliban spokesman, while talking to Dawn, alleged that these tribesmen had been taken hostage by security forces during search operations during the last four months for their blood relationship with their different commanders and fighters, and then had been killed in custody.
Earlier, the Taliban had demanded the release of four people and end to military operation in Darra Adamkhel to free the vice-chancellor.
Some progress had been made in the talks, but the Taliban leaders suspended dialogue after the deaths of the tribesmen.
Highly-placed sources told Dawn that Taliban chief for Darra Adamkhel and Khyber Agency Tariq Afridi had now demanded release of all tribesmen arrested from Darra Adamkhel, whose number is in hundreds.
He has also demanded a ransom of Rs50 million and handing over of 60 important TTP members who have been in the custody of security forces for two years.
Negotiations for release of the Kohat university vice-chancellor have reached a deadlock after militants put forward tough conditions to the government, sources told Dawn on Thursday.
Kohat University of Science and Technology vice-chancellor Dr Lutfullah Kakakhel was kidnapped on Nov 6, 2009, from the Akhorwal area in Darra Adamkhel by seven armed people.
Talks for his release hit snags after the killing of 17 tribesmen whose bodies were found in a graveyard in Darra Adamkhel last month, the sources said.
A Taliban spokesman, while talking to Dawn, alleged that these tribesmen had been taken hostage by security forces during search operations during the last four months for their blood relationship with their different commanders and fighters, and then had been killed in custody.
Earlier, the Taliban had demanded the release of four people and end to military operation in Darra Adamkhel to free the vice-chancellor.
Some progress had been made in the talks, but the Taliban leaders suspended dialogue after the deaths of the tribesmen.
Highly-placed sources told Dawn that Taliban chief for Darra Adamkhel and Khyber Agency Tariq Afridi had now demanded release of all tribesmen arrested from Darra Adamkhel, whose number is in hundreds.
He has also demanded a ransom of Rs50 million and handing over of 60 important TTP members who have been in the custody of security forces for two years.
Monday, January 4, 2010
Militants’ bomb kills ex-minister in Hangu
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Former provincial irrigation minister Ghani-ur-Rehman and his cousin were killed when an improvised explosive device, believed to have been planted by militants, went off on the Bagato road in Hangu district on Sunday.
Mashkoor, the former minister’s cousin died on the spot. Mr Rehman died while he was being taken to hospital.
Two personnel of the Frontier Constabulary, Mohammad Shah and Jan Mohammad, who were accompanying the former minister in his vehicle, were injured in the attack carried out by a remote-control device.
One of them was taken to Islamabad and the other to the Kohat CMH with bone and head injuries.
Initial investigations revealed that the terrorists had planted 50kgs of explosives under a small bridge on the road frequently used by Mr Rehman.
Rescuers used metal cutters to pull out the dead and the injured from the mangled remains of the vehicle.
Eyewitnesses said the blast was so powerful that the vehicle was thrown in the air and it landed in a nearby field. The explosion created an eight feet wide and nine feet deep crater.
Kohat DIG Abdullah Khan said it was a clear case of target killing. He said that a five-member police team headed by an SP had been formed to trace the culprits.
A team from Peshawar will come here on Monday to collect evidence and investigate the case.
He said that Mr Rehman had been provided VVIP security because of the threats he faced.
The former minister held the portfolio of irrigation minister in the government of Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao from 1994 to 96.
Former provincial irrigation minister Ghani-ur-Rehman and his cousin were killed when an improvised explosive device, believed to have been planted by militants, went off on the Bagato road in Hangu district on Sunday.
Mashkoor, the former minister’s cousin died on the spot. Mr Rehman died while he was being taken to hospital.
Two personnel of the Frontier Constabulary, Mohammad Shah and Jan Mohammad, who were accompanying the former minister in his vehicle, were injured in the attack carried out by a remote-control device.
One of them was taken to Islamabad and the other to the Kohat CMH with bone and head injuries.
Initial investigations revealed that the terrorists had planted 50kgs of explosives under a small bridge on the road frequently used by Mr Rehman.
Rescuers used metal cutters to pull out the dead and the injured from the mangled remains of the vehicle.
Eyewitnesses said the blast was so powerful that the vehicle was thrown in the air and it landed in a nearby field. The explosion created an eight feet wide and nine feet deep crater.
Kohat DIG Abdullah Khan said it was a clear case of target killing. He said that a five-member police team headed by an SP had been formed to trace the culprits.
A team from Peshawar will come here on Monday to collect evidence and investigate the case.
He said that Mr Rehman had been provided VVIP security because of the threats he faced.
The former minister held the portfolio of irrigation minister in the government of Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao from 1994 to 96.
Friday, January 1, 2010
Thieves held in Kohat
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Police busted a three-member gang of thieves and recovered looted items and arms from them on Thursday.
The Saddar police said they raided a hideout of the gang in Merozai and arrested the accused.
Police recovered three pistols, registration papers of a pickup, hundreds of cartridges, two cellphone sets and Rs2,000 from ringleader Adnan and his accomplices Mujahid and Farahim.
Police busted a three-member gang of thieves and recovered looted items and arms from them on Thursday.
The Saddar police said they raided a hideout of the gang in Merozai and arrested the accused.
Police recovered three pistols, registration papers of a pickup, hundreds of cartridges, two cellphone sets and Rs2,000 from ringleader Adnan and his accomplices Mujahid and Farahim.
secttion 144 imposed in Kohat
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The Kohat region DIG has banned firing in the air, music functions and wheeling on New Year night under section 144.
DIG Abdullah Khan issued instructions to district police officers of Kohat, Karak and Hangu to arrest those found involved in arranging dance programs, firing and other indecent actions on the eve of New Year and book them under section 188.
The Kohat region DIG has banned firing in the air, music functions and wheeling on New Year night under section 144.
DIG Abdullah Khan issued instructions to district police officers of Kohat, Karak and Hangu to arrest those found involved in arranging dance programs, firing and other indecent actions on the eve of New Year and book them under section 188.
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