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Arab News
3 days ago
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- Arab News
Pakistan police say four militants killed in operation in Punjab's Dera Ghazi Khan
ISLAMABAD: Police killed four militants in a successful operation in Dera Ghazi Khan district of Pakistan's eastern Punjab province, Pakistani state media reported on Sunday. The Dera Ghazi Khan, or DG Khan, district borders the southwestern Balochistan and northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) where Pakistan has been battling twin insurgencies. The operation was conducted in DG Khan's Kot Mubarak area and the law enforcers recovered a sizeable cache of heavy weapons and ammunition from the site of the encounter. 'The swift and effective action of the police teams thwarted the terrorists' nefarious plans,' the state-run Radio Pakistan broadcaster reported, citing officials. 'Inspector General of Punjab Police Dr. Usman Anwar commended the efforts of the Dera Ghazi Khan Police and said the Punjab police stand as a strong barrier against anti-state elements.' Pakistan is currently battling twin insurgencies: one led by religiously motivated groups, including the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), mainly in its Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province and the other by ethno-nationalist Baloch separatist groups in Balochistan. Militants often seek refuge in border areas of neighboring provinces amid intensifying counter-insurgency operations in KP and Balochistan. The operation in DG Khan was launched on intelligence reports about militant movement near the Punjab-Khyber Pakhtunkhwa border, the APP news agency reported, citing a police spokesman. 'Some suspects fled using cover from bushes and mounds,' it said. 'A search-and-sweep operation is ongoing to track them down.'
Telegraph
27-05-2025
- General
- Telegraph
Aid to Gaza must be allowed to flow
One principle of counter-insurgency warfare is that food supplies for the civilian population should follow in the wake of the army. Israel put its version of this doctrine into effect on Tuesday when a new organisation – the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation – began distributing supplies to Palestinians. The British Army would have allowed the United Nations to perform this task, but Israel has chosen to create a special foundation under its full control. With the UN bypassed, American contractors will hand out food parcels at distribution centres in locations chosen by Israeli commanders. Given that the UN operation in Gaza was compromised by Hamas, Israel's decision to run the system itself is understandable. But if Israel insists on controlling the distribution of aid, then it must accept an obligation to ensure that supplies are available wherever there is need. They should think twice before turning humanitarian aid into an instrument of military strategy by using it to draw Palestinians into the areas of Gaza where Israel plans to confine the entire civilian population of two million people. What will become of wounded Palestinians or orphaned children unable to reach the distribution centres? The war in Gaza is now the longest in the history of the Arab-Israeli conflict. Hamas started it by attacking Israel on October 7, 2023 and inflicting the worst loss of Jewish life in a single day since the Holocaust. Israel has every right to self-defence. But Israel's friends are entitled to ask what is the plan now? A US-brokered deal whereby all hostages would be released in return for ending the war needs to be seriously considered.
Washington Post
25-05-2025
- Politics
- Washington Post
US military shifts messaging in Africa, telling allies to prepare to stand more on their own
TAN TAN, Morocco — The U.S. military is backing off its usual talk of good governance and countering insurgencies' underlying causes, instead leaning into a message that its fragile allies in Africa must be ready to stand more on their own. At African Lion , its largest joint training exercise on the continent, that shift was clear: 'We need to be able to get our partners to the level of independent operations,' Gen. Michael Langley said in an interview with The Associated Press.
South China Morning Post
13-05-2025
- Politics
- South China Morning Post
India kills 3 suspected militants in Kashmir gun battle amid Pakistan ceasefire
Advertisement The clash happened after the army's special counter-insurgency force received information that militants were in Keller forest in the southern Kashmir valley, the army said. The site is around 65km (40 miles) from Pahalgam, where militants last month killed 26 people, mostly male Hindu tourists, sparking the worst fighting between India and Pakistan since 1999. A 'search and destroy Operation' was launched, leading to a clash, the Indian army said on social media. 'During the operation, terrorists opened heavy fire and [a] fierce firefight ensued, which resulted in elimination of three hardcore terrorists,' it said. Advertisement India accused Pakistan of backing the 'terrorists' it said were responsible for the Pahalgam attack – a charge Islamabad denied. Last week, New Delhi launched missiles at sites in Pakistan it said were hosting the militants.
