Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and People's Democratic Party chief Mehbooba Mufti on Monday condemned the terrorist attack that killed four civilians in Dhangri village of Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district and expressed her condolences.
The first pledge underlines Washington's desire to help Islamabad curb terrorist attacks from Afghanistan that have become a major threat for Pakistan.
In the latest terror attack, a child was killed and five others injured after a suspected Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast that took place in Rajouri's Upper Dangri village on Monday morning, the police said.
An incident of firing was reported in Dangri area of Rajouri on Sunday in which four people were killed and six injured, police reported. The firing was done by two terrorists at three houses separated at a distance of around 50 metres from each other at upper Dangri village.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan provinces remained under the grip of criminal activities as Pakistan suffered close to 376 terror attacks the previous year, Dailytimes reported citing a report by the Center for Research and Security Studies (CRSS) on Sunday.
With the assistance of his family, police brought back Irfan Bashir Ganie from below Pulwama along with the AK-47 rifle which he had snatched from CRPF personnel on Sunday.
A police constable and a terrorist were killed in Pakistan on Sunday after a gunman attacked a police checkpost in the Shahbaz Khel area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Lakki Marwat District, a local police official said, according to a report in The Dawn.
In its annual report, the Centre for Research and Security Studies (CRSS) said Pakistan security forces lost at least 282 personnel during 2022 in attacks that included IED ambushes, suicide attacks, and raids on security posts, mostly in the Pakistan-Afghan border regions.
Jammu and Kashmir Police on Saturday attached the property of the father of terrorist associates who provided logistic support to terrorists in Awantipora.