PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Police has decided to purchase anti-drone systems for all regions and the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) to counter the rising threat of drone attacks. These systems will have the ability to jam quadcopter signals, bring them down, and force them to land at fixed locations.
According to officials, the new systems will also include anti-drone guns to shoot down aerial vehicles if needed. The move comes after a series of drone attacks in southern districts that left police personnel and civilians injured.
The KP Police will also deploy specially trained commando teams in all districts to deal with terrorist incidents. These teams, trained at the Elite School in Nowshera, include snipers and commandos equipped to respond in emergencies.
Meanwhile, a senior CTD official said major progress had been made in high-profile terrorism cases in recent months. He added that the CTD had improved its working conditions and provided advanced training to its personnel.
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Additional Inspector General CTD Shaukat Abbas told the media that the network behind the bomb attack on religious scholar Mufti Munir Shakir had been traced and its members identified. He said efforts were underway to arrest the remaining suspects.
The CTD in Peshawar also dismantled a terrorist group involved in at least 18 attacks, including the killing of DSP Sardar Hussain Khan and 14 other policemen. The department said its actions had foiled attacks on at least six sensitive sites when they were near execution.
According to the Additional IGP, the CTD also identified the group behind the targeted killings of religious scholars, leading to follow-up operations against them.
He further said that the network of Daesh/IS-KP had also been broken. The group was behind the suicide blast in Peshawar on May 11 and several other major attacks in the province.
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