Islamabad, November 21 urram area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), Pakistan. Station House Officer Kaleem Shah of Ahmadi Shama gave this information. He said that three women are also among the dead and 11 people have been injured. This is the second major terrorist attack in KP in the last two days.
According to the report of Dawn.com, Home Minister Mohsin Naqvi also gave the same information while talking to the media outside the Islamabad High Court.
Naqvi said, “The last week has been difficult and disturbing, now 38 people have been martyred in Kurram. We see a new incident every day. We are in constant touch with KP officials, KP Inspector General of Police and the Chief Minister. They need help.”
The interior minister said, “KP is one of our provinces, part of our country and we will not leave it behind. We will provide all possible help.”
Giving details of the incident, KP government spokesman Barrister Dr Saif said that first the policemen were attacked and then the convoy of passengers was targeted from both sides. He said, “There were about 200 vehicles in the convoy.”
Dr Saif said that upon receiving the information, the district administration, senior police officials reached the spot. He said that investigation into the incident is underway.
President Asif Ali Zardari strongly condemned the incident and expressed his condolences to the bereaved families of the deceased.
“Attacking innocent passengers is a cowardly and inhuman act,” he was quoted as saying in a post on X by the media cell of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP). He said that those responsible for the incident should be punished.
KP Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur condemned the attack. He directed the Chief Secretary, Provincial Law Minister and a delegation of MNAs and MPAs of the region to immediately visit Kurram and personally assess the situation there and submit a report.
The incident comes amid a sharp rise in the number of terror attacks in Balochistan and KP.
According to reports, the attacks increased after the banned terrorist organization Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) announced to break a fragile ceasefire agreement with the government in 2022 and target security forces.
On Tuesday (November 19), 12 soldiers were killed while six terrorists were killed in a major attack in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP). According to Pakistani media, the attack targeted a check post in Mali Khel area of Bannu.
On Tuesday, ‘terrorists attempted to attack a joint check post in the Malikhel area of Bannu district,’ the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a statement.
The ISPR is the media and public relations wing of the Pakistan Armed Forces.
The ISPR said the attack was effectively foiled but a suicide blast caused the checkpost wall and nearby infrastructure to collapse. As a result, 10 soldiers and two Frontier Constabulary jawans were killed.
“In the ensuing gunfight, six terrorists were killed,” the ISPR said.
