By Ashrafuddin Pirzada
PESHAWAR: A senior police officer was killed on Thursday when security forces and Kurram police came under heavy gunfire during a joint operation in the Nasti Kot area, within the jurisdiction of Ruza police station.
According to sources, more than 20 vehicles carrying a contingent of security forces and police personnel participated in the operation targeting the residence of Abid Hussain alias Tehran Turi. As the raiding teams approached, Zainabiyoun Brigade members allegedly opened indiscriminate fire, sparking an intense exchange of gunfire lasting over half an hour.
Additional SHO Ruza police station, identified as Qaiser Hussain, was fatally shot and injured during the clash and later died.
Following the incident, the security forces and police withdrew from the area without making further arrests or seizures.
The situation in the region remains tense, with heightened security and continuous monitoring. Residents have urged the government to launch a decisive operation against the banned Zainabiyoun Brigade, the banned terrorist group, to restore peace in the area. It may be added here that, like the other parts of the merged district, the Kurram District is also severely affected due to sectarianism and militancy. In the recent past, dozens of residents have been killed and injured, while the whole marketplaces and an office of the local journalist were also set on fire by terrorists in Bagan bazaar. Several rounds of jirgas between Sunni and Shia sects were also held to restore peace and government, mostly disarming residents, but they could not stop violence and attacks on each other.
