Vehicle entering Pak from Afghanistan, shots fired at vehicle detonated explosives in van: APA Shahid Ali
Our Correspondent
HANGU
The security force officers foiled a major terror bid on Friday as they fired at an explosive-laden vehicle entering Pakistan from the Paktia province of Afghanistan suspecting it to be a potential threat.
According to Assistant Political Agent, the shots fired at the vehicle detonated the explosives in the van, which, according to Khan, was to be used in a major terror plot in Parachinar.
Parachinar suffered a twin tragedy on March 31, when at first 23 people were killed in a car bomb blast near an Imam¬bargah at midday and later another person died after security forces opened fire on a crowd trying to hold a demonstration in front of the political agent’s office in protest against increasing terrorist attacks.
Speaking to media, Shahid Ali Khan said suspected terrorists were attempting to sneak an explosive-laden vehicle from Afghanistan’s Paktia province into Pakistan to target Jashan-e-Zahoor Imam Mehdi (AS) rally in Parachinar. They were intercepted by levies personnel at Borki checkpost near the border with Afghanistan and during exchange of fire, the security personnel managed to destroy an explosive-laden car.
