UAE Strongly Condemns Terrorist Attacks In Pakistan Targeting Police Officials

(MENAFN- Khaleej Times) The UAE strongly condemned the terrorist attacks that targeted police officers in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab provinces, which resulted in dozens of deaths and injuries.

Militants ambushed a police vehicle and a suicide bomber struck a checkpoint in separate attacks in Pakistan on Tuesday, police said, as the country grapples with escalating militant violence and renewed tensions with Afghanistan.

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In Kohat city in northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, militants attacked a police patrol, killing five officers and setting their vehicle ablaze. Two civilians later died of their injuries.

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In a separate incident in Bhakkar district in Punjab province, a suicide bomber targeted the inter-provincial Dajal check post.

District police chief for Bhakkar Shahzad Rafique said two police officials died while five people, including two polio workers, were injured.

The Pakistani Taliban, also known as Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, claimed responsibility for both attacks.

In a statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Mofa) affirmed the UAE’s strong condemnation of these criminal acts and its permanent rejection of all forms of violence, extremism, and terrorism aimed at undermining security and stability.

The ministry expressed its sincere condolences and sympathy to the families of the victims, and to the government and people of Pakistan over these heinous attacks, as well as its wishes for a speedy recovery for all the injured.

Rising tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan

Pakistan carried out air strikes in Afghanistan on Saturday on what it said were militant targets responsible for a spate of recent suicide bombings on Pakistani soil.

Islamabad has said militant groups have been provided sanctuary in Afghanistan, from where they plan and execute attacks across the border.

Afghanistan denies the charge, saying the militancy is Pakistan’s internal problem.

Kabul and the United Nations have said the strikes killed at least 13 civilians.

The districts bordering Afghanistan have long been home to a variety of Islamist militant groups, including Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, who have fought against the state since 2007.

Inputs from Reuters

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