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Explosions and intelligence-based operations: Pakistan’s vicious cycle

On June 9, an improvised explosive device detonated near a security convoy, which was followed by a gunfire attack on the vehicle, killing seven soldiers, including an army captain in the Lakki Marwat district of Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. The restive districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, many of which were former TTP strongholds, have been bearing the brunt of the group’s resurgence since the Taliban’s rise to power in August 2021 and the end of a tenuous ceasefire with the Pakistani government in November 2022. The recent attack harks back to March 2024, when terrorists affiliated with the TTP had rammed an explosives-laden vehicle into a security post in the Mir Ali area of KP’s North Waziristan district, killing seven soldiers. In light of this dissonance, CM Gandapur met with the Interior Minister after the Bisham attack to discuss better coordination between the centre and KP law enforcement agencies to ameliorate the province’s dire state.

Hindustan Times

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