Police in Kohat seize 1,100kg of explosives

Screenshot of the vehicle carrying the explosives.

KOHAT:?Police in Kohat arrested two suspects and seized their explosive laden vehicle on Saturday.

According to?Express 24/7 correspondent, Umar Farooq the vehicle, a blue pickup truck bearing the number plate J-1019, was carrying 1,100 kilogramme of explosive material.

The suspects, who have been moved to an unknown location, were arrested after the vehicle was stopped at a checkpost.

Khalid Umerzai, commissioner in Kohat, said that the vehicle as headed to Orakzai Agency. He said that security was already on high alert and more information on the suspects would be revealed after interrogation.

Security forces have cordoned off the area and the bomb disposal squad has also moved in to check the vehicle.

Terror had earlier struck Kohat when at least 18 people were killed and another 32 injured on December 9, after a suicide bomber blew himself up at a bus stand in the district.

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'Explosives used in terror attacks come from Afghanistan'

Malik says Pakistani law enforcement personnel will be given special training about how to deal with IED devices. PHOTO: EPA

ISLAMABAD:?Interior Minister Rehman Malik claimed on Thursday that Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) that were used in terrorist activities in Pakistan?were actually manufactured in Afghanistan.

He was?addressing?the IED National Counter conference in Islamabad.

Malik said intelligence agencies have found that?93 per cent explosives used in terrorist activities in Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa were manufactured in Afghanistan.

“With naked eyes, you can see on the border… that the terrorists are coming towards Pakistan, along with arms and ammunition.”

He said that the Pakistani police and law enforcement personnel will be given special training about how to deal with IED devices.

“When we were asked to do more, we have done much much more. And today you have seen, the crossing from our side is nominal,” said Malik.

The minister blamed Afghan militiamen for destroying bio-metric systems that made it impossible to identify the tens of thousands of people who cross the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan daily.

“We really do not know how many terrorists, how many drug barons, how many criminals are crossing every day,” said Malik.

Malik used his speech to request greater assistance from the international community in boosting police training and forensic capabilities. “We need your moral support. We need your practical support in building the capacity, both for the police and of course our armed forces.

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