Daraban police station attack
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On 12 December 2023, Islamist insurgent group Tehreek-e-Jihad Pakistan attacked a police station in Daraban, Dera Ismail Khan District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, killing at least 23 people.
Background
The insurgency in northwestern Pakistan began in 2004. Since the Pakistani Taliban's formation in 2007 it is led by them. After the insurgency's intensity peaked in the late 2000s and early 2010s, it slowed to a low-intensity conflict in 2017. It escalated during the early 2020s.[1] During early 2023, Tehreek-e-Jihad Pakistan was founded and joined the insurgency. Pakistan says that it is merely another name for the Pakistani Taliban and that high proportion of terrorist attacks in Pakistan are carried out by Afghans.[1] Pakistan's government accuses the Pakistani Taliban's Afghan ally, the Taliban, who govern Afghanistan, of allowing the Pakistani Taliban to use Afghanistan as a base to carry out attacks in Pakistan.[1] In response to the large number of attacks by Afghans – including the 2022 Peshawar mosque attack by Islamic State – Khorasan Province – the Pakistani government are deporting large numbers of illegal immigrants, the vast majority of whom are Afghans.[2]
Attack
On 12 December 2023, Tehreek-e-Jihad Pakistan insurgents carried out an attack on a police station in Daraban, Dera Ismail Khan District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.[3] The vehicle-ramming, suicide bombing and mass shooting attack killed at least 23 people and wounded 34 others.[4] The Pakistan Army had been using the police station as a base camp.[5]
Perpetrators
Tehreek-e-Jihad Pakistan claimed responsibility for the attack. Its spokesman Mohammed Qasim stated, "Our suicide bombers attacked a military compound at 2:30 a.m. and started killing soldiers one by one. An army camp is set up in a school. More than 20 soldiers were killed in the attack".[6] The government of Pakistan says that Tehreek-e-Jihad is a part of the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan, and that "Tehreek-e-Jihad" is simply another name for the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan.[7]
Response
The Inter-Services Public Relations, the media wing for the Pakistan Armed Forces, has stated that the Pakistan Army killed 27 militants in response, and has stated that all 6 militants involved in the attack were killed.[8] In a statement, the prime minister of Pakistan Anwaar ul Haq Kakar said, "The whole nation pays homage to the sacrifices of the martyrs in the fight against terrorism, such coward attacks could not demoralize our forces."[8]
Accusations of Afghan involvement
Pakistan has repeatedly said that militant attacks against Pakistan are being conducted by Afghans.[2] Afghanistan says that is not the case.[9] On 12 December, Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned a representative for the government of Afghanistan in relation to this. It asked the Afghan government to "fully investigate and take stern action against perpetrators" and to "publicly condemn the terrorist incident at the highest level."[10]
See also
References
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- ^ a b "Thousands of Afghans leave Pakistan ahead of deportation deadline". November 2023. Archived from the original on 21 November 2023. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
- ^ "Dozens killed in Islamist militant attack on northwest Pakistan army base". France 24. 12 December 2023. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
- ^ "At least 23 killed as fighters storm police station in northwest Pakistan". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
- ^ Ali, Saud Mehsud Mushtaq (12 December 2023). "Pakistan army says Islamist militant attack kills 23 soldiers". Reuters. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
- ^ Khan, Haq Nawaz (12 December 2023). "Pakistani suicide bomber attack on army outpost kills 23 soldiers". Washington Post. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
- ^ Report, Bureau (10 August 2023). "KP CTD denies existence of Tehreek-i-Jihad, claims it is another name for TTP". DAWN.COM. Archived from the original on 27 November 2023. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
- ^ a b "Pakistan: Militant Attack Kills 23 Troops". Voice of America. 12 December 2023. Archived from the original on 12 December 2023. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
- ^ Dawn.com (13 April 2023). "Khawaja Asif warns of striking terrorist sanctuaries in Afghanistan". DAWN.COM. Archived from the original on 19 October 2023. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
- ^ "23 troops dead, dozens wounded after suicide bomber attacks police station in Pakistan". www.cbsnews.com. 12 December 2023. Archived from the original on 13 December 2023. Retrieved 12 December 2023.