KPK IG: Peshawar On Hit List

This article was last updated on April 16, 2022

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The Khyber Pakhtonkhwa (KPK) Inspector General (IG) Nasir Durrani has said that Peshawar will be the most sensitive city in the coming days. He disclosed that nine Taliban groups were involved in the terrorism activities in the province.

The major groups identified in terrorist activities across the province are Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), TTP (Tariq Geedar Group), TTP (Faiq Group), Tehrik-e-Taliban Mohmand (TTM), TTP (Jangrez Group), TTP (Qari Aqeel Group), Emarat-e-Islamia Group, Tehrik-e-Taliban Swat (TTS), TTP (Gandapur Group) and Lashkar-e-Islam. The provincial police chief informed that Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, being the frontline province in the war against terrorism, has become the main target of the terrorists because of a number of factors and also developments that are taking place in and around the country. He added that to its nature of duty, the Police remained the most vulnerable target. He informed that as many as 79 police men have died as ‘shaheed’ in just last six months. Despite the risks and the vulnerabilities faced by the police men, the police are still making all possible efforts to detect cases of terrorism.

The police chief further added that during the last four months, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police has successfully foiled 57 attacks while the Bomb Disposal Squad has diffused more than 282 IEDs across the province. He said the loss of four of its personnel during bomb disposal, did not demoralize the BDS and they continue to perform their duties. The police chief added that the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is in a complete state of war and further appreciated the maturity showed by the media in this situation.

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