The Counter-Terrorism Division (CTD) on Thursday arrested 9 terrorists together with the mastermind and 7 facilitators concerned within the lethal assault on the compound of safety forces in Dera Ismail Khan that left a minimum of 23 troopers martyred earlier this month.
In line with the CTD paperwork, the mastermind concerned within the terrorist assault belongs to Daraban space of DI Khan whereas six terrorists concerned within the assault hail from Afghanistan.
As per the paperwork, Hasan alias Shakir, the terrorist who carried out the suicide assault, belongs to Afghanistan, and launched a video earlier than the assault, whereas the nationwide identification card and domicile of the opposite suicide bomber killed within the assault, Sifat Ullah Marwat, additionally established that the attacker belongs to the neighbouring nation.
As per the small print, the daddy of the suicide bomber Sifat Ullah has confirmed his son’s reference to the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (Taliban-led Afghan authorities).
In line with the paperwork, 5 terrorists of the outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) Gandapur group had been additionally embroiled on this assault. US-made weapons and ammunition had been recovered as nicely from the terrorists.
Daraban suicide assault
At the very least 23 troopers embraced martyrdom and plenty of others had been injured when six suicide bombers rammed an explosive-laden truck right into a navy base within the troubled Daraban space of Dera Ismail Khan district early Tuesday, based on safety officers.
“In early hours of December 12, 2023, a bunch of six terrorists attacked a safety forces submit within the Daraban space of Dera Ismail Khan. The try and enter the submit was successfully thwarted, which pressured the terrorists to ram an explosive-laden car into the submit, adopted by a suicide bombing assault. The ensuing blasts led to the collapse of the constructing, inflicting a number of casualties; twenty-three courageous troopers embraced shahadat, whereas all six terrorists had been successfully engaged and despatched to hell,” the Inter- Companies Public Relations (ISPR) acknowledged in an announcement. A little bit-known militant group, Tehreek-e-Jihad-e-Pakistan (TJP), claimed duty for one of many deadliest assaults on Pakistani safety forces.
Their spokesman, Mullah Mohammad Qasim, despatched an announcement to the media, saying a bunch of their suicide bombers, led by Maulvi Hasan Gandapur, stormed the navy compound at 2am. Gandapur reportedly rammed an explosive-laden car into the constructing’s outer partitions that brought on the principle constructing the place the troopers had been residing to break down.
Subsequently, Overseas Secretary Muhammad Syrus Sajjad Qazi summoned the Chargé d’Affaires of Afghan interim authorities to ship Pakistan’s sturdy demarche within the context of the lethal terrorist assault in Daraban, and demanded that Kabul apprehend and hand over the perpetrators of the assault and the TTP management in Afghanistan to the Authorities of Pakistan.