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Pakistan’s Security Forces Arrest 4 Terrorists Involved in Attack on Chinese Engineers

A Pakistani officer at a checkpoint following an attack on Chinese citizens in Besham on March 27, 2024 (EPA)
A Pakistani officer at a checkpoint following an attack on Chinese citizens in Besham on March 27, 2024 (EPA)
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Pakistan’s Security Forces Arrest 4 Terrorists Involved in Attack on Chinese Engineers

A Pakistani officer at a checkpoint following an attack on Chinese citizens in Besham on March 27, 2024 (EPA)
A Pakistani officer at a checkpoint following an attack on Chinese citizens in Besham on March 27, 2024 (EPA)

The Pakistani Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) announced on Monday the arrest of four people in connection with an attack on Chinese nationals northwest of the country last month.
The Department said the four suspects are key operatives in the attack, which targeted a bus transporting Chinese engineers in the remote Besham area of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.
The attack claimed the lives of five Chinese nationals.
CTD said the four suspects are affiliated with the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban (TTP) group.
Meanwhile, a Pakistani judge who was kidnapped by gunmen over the weekend was freed on Monday amid a deadly crackdown by security forces that killed at least six militants, officials said.
Local police officer Naeem Khan said the judge was whisked away by up to 15 militants who intercepted his car on a highway in the northern town of Dera Ismail on Saturday night.
The kidnapping, which has been blamed on the Pakistani Taliban, prompted a crackdown by the army, with at least six militants killed in separate raids at the weekend.
The circumstances of the judge’s release were not clear, but officer Khan said he was freed in a raid. He did not give any further details.
Earlier, the Pakistani security had thwarted a terrorist operation in Harnai district of northern Balochistan. A terrorist was killed and another injured in a gun battle with security forces.
The Pakistani Army Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a statement that the terrorists attempted to stop passenger vehicles traveling on Sanjavi Road in Harnai. Security forces promptly responded and effectively engaged the terrorists. A terrorist was killed and another injured in a gun battle.
Also, one terrorist was killed in an operation by security forces in Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.

 

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UN: Record 281 Aid Workers Killed in 2024

The UN agency for Palestinian refugees has seen more than 200 staff killed since the Gaza war began. Eyad BABA / AFP/File
The UN agency for Palestinian refugees has seen more than 200 staff killed since the Gaza war began. Eyad BABA / AFP/File
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UN: Record 281 Aid Workers Killed in 2024

The UN agency for Palestinian refugees has seen more than 200 staff killed since the Gaza war began. Eyad BABA / AFP/File
The UN agency for Palestinian refugees has seen more than 200 staff killed since the Gaza war began. Eyad BABA / AFP/File

A staggering 281 aid workers have been killed around the world so far this year, making 2024 the deadliest year for humanitarians, the UN aid chief said Friday.
"Humanitarian workers are being killed at an unprecedented rate, their courage and humanity being met with bullets and bombs," said Tom Fletcher, the United Nations' new under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs and emergency relief coordinator.
With more than a month left to go of 2024, the "grim milestone was reached", he said, after 280 humanitarians were killed across 33 countries during all of 2023.
"This violence is unconscionable and devastating to aid operations," Fletcher said.
Israel's devastating war in Gaza was driving up the numbers, his office said, with 333 aid workers killed there -- most from the UN agency supporting Palestinian refugees, UNRWA -- since Hamas's October 7, 2023 attacks, which sparked the war, AFP reported.
"States and parties to conflict must protect humanitarians, uphold international law, prosecute those responsible, and call time on this era of impunity," Fletcher said.
Aid workers were subject to kidnappings, injuries, harassment and arbitrary detention in a range of countries, his office said, including Afghanistan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan, and Ukraine.
The majority of deaths involve local staff working with non-governmental organizations, UN agencies and the Red Cross Red Crescent movement, Fletcher's office said.
"Violence against humanitarian personnel is part of a broader trend of harm to civilians in conflict zones," it warned.
"Last year, more than 33,000 civilian deaths were recorded in 14 armed conflicts -- a staggering 72 per cent increase from 2022."
The UN Security Council adopted a resolution last May in response to the surging violence and threats against aid workers.
The text called for recommendations from the UN chief -- set to be presented at a council meeting next week -- on measures to prevent and respond to such incidents and to increase protection for humanitarian staff and accountability for abuses.