December 4, 2022
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More Daesh attacks likely, Pakistan on alert

The central police office has asked all authorities concerned to take necessary action and preventive measures to avoid any untoward incident…reports Asian Lite News

The Balochistan police have issued a threat alert for a suicide attack on security forces in Pakistan’s Quetta, local media reported.

In a statement, Quetta’s central police office said it had reliably learnt that Daesh – the Arabic acronym for the Islamic State (IS) militant group – was planning to carry out a suicide attack in Quetta, Dawn reported.

In this regard, a female suicide bomber named Zeenat, wife of Ziaur Rehman, daughter of Yar Muhammad Shahwani and resident of Khadkocha, had already volunteered herself for the suicide attack, the police said, Dawn reported.

The statement said that it was further learnt that she was currently living with “Daesh terrorist” Ghulam Din at an undisclosed location in Mastung district.

She had remained reportedly present with militants in their hideout at Pari Jhal and Nagao areas in the Bolan range, the statement said.

The central police office has asked all authorities concerned to take necessary action and preventive measures through concerned SSP and SPs in their respective areas to avoid any untoward incident.

“All entry and exit points of Quetta will be checked and more security personnel will be deployed,” Balochistan Home Minister Mir Ziaullah Langove said.

Daesh claims attack on Kabul embassy

The Pakistan Foreign Office (FO) on Sunday said that it was verifying the reports claiming that outlawed group Daesh’s branch in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) was behind the terrorist attack on Pakistan’s mission in Afghanistan.

“We have seen reports that IS-KP has accepted responsibility for the terrorist attack on the Pakistan Embassy compound on December 2, 2022. Independently and in consultation with the Afghan authorities, we are verifying the veracity of these reports,” said the FO spokesperson in
a statement as quoted by Geo News report.

The spokesperson added that the attack was “another reminder of the threat that terrorism poses to peace and stability in Afghanistan and the region”.

“We must act resolutely with all our collective might to defeat this menace. On its part, Pakistan remains steadfast in its commitment to combat terrorism,” said the spokesperson, Geo News reported.

Daesh claimed the attack was carried by two of its members armed with “medium and sniper weapons” and was targeting the ambassador and his guards who were present at the courtyard of the embassy.

On Saturday, sources had told Geo News that the suspect involved in the assassination attempt on Pakistan’s Head of Mission to Kabul, Ubaid-ur-Rehman Nizamani has been arrested.

According to diplomatic sources, the suspect was residing on the eighth floor of the nearby building and had planted improvised explosive devices in three rooms on the same floor.

When the Afghan security officials arrived at the building, the suspect tried escaping, however, he was arrested.

The security officials also recovered an AK-47 rifle, a long-range automatic rifle, a sniper rifle and other weapons from the possession of the suspect.

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