Mohmand | Pakistan

PESHAWAR: As tensions with Afghanistan spike, the country’s security forces claimed to have killed dozens of militants who were attempting to infiltrate Pakistan, state media and official sources said. The action was undertaken in Mohmand district, officials said, thwarting an attempt by dozens of militants to enter Pakistan, PTV News reported. The operation was carried out on the basis of credible intelligence rep­orts, indicating that a large group of militants was mobilising near the mountainous Khor area of Baha­dar Kalay, officials said. “Security forces swiftly cordoned off the area and launched an intensive operation,” sources said. State media claimed that at least 30 terrorists had been eliminated, but local sources said the number may be higher. There was no official word from Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) until going to press, but PTV News claimed the incident demonstrated how the Afghan government was now relying on militant groups to try and exact revenge after their attempts to attack P...

PESHAWAR: Elders from Bajaur and Mohmand tribal districts on Monday assured authorities of full cooperation to eliminate terrorism from the region, declaring it the “enemy of all.” They, however, opposed any military offensive and forced displacement in the region for the sake of peace. The elders gathered in a “consultative jirga” on the law and order situation in the province here with Chief Minister Ali Amin Khan Gandapur in the chair. This is the second such gathering, held in line with the declaration of the July 24 multi-party conference. CM chairs jirga on law and order The first jirga, also presided over by the chief minister, was held on August 2 with elders from Orakzai and Khyber districts, Darra Adamkhel tehsil of Kohat district and subdivision Hassankhel of Peshawar district, at the Chief Minister’s House here. The participants opposed any military operation and forced displacement in the region. They wondered if authorities would promise in writing that the military operation would eradicate ter...

ISLAMABAD - Federal Minister for Planning, Ahsan Iqbal, has said that as India has weaponized water and on the face New Delhi’s bad intentions, the government of Pakistan has decided to complete Di-amer-Bhasha and Mohmand hydropower projects on an emergency footing.