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Security Forces in Pakistan Stop Christmas Day Terror Attack
International Christian Concern ^ | 12/23/2020

Posted on 12/23/2020 12:59:47 PM PST by xomething

12/23/2020 Pakistan (International Christian Concern) – Last week, security forces in Pakistan reportedly stopped a major terror attack planned to take place on Christmas Day in Peshawar. In a raid on a house in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Khyber district, four terrorists, including the leader of a banned militant outfit, were arrested.

The arrests took place last Thursday, December 17, after a raid on a house in Sipah. Security forces arrested four terrorists, including Zakir Afridi, the commander of Lashkar-e-Islam.

Along with the terrorists, security forces seized three suicide jackets and six improvised explosive devices.

Pakistan’s Christian community is often targeted by terrorists and extremists. Terrorists view Christians and their places of worship as representations of the West and target them to make political statements.

In September 2013, two suicide bombers from the Pakistani Taliban attacked All Saints Church in Peshawar. Over 100 Christians were killed when the bombers blew themselves up in the courtyard of the church following a Sunday worship service. In claiming responsibility for the bombing, the Pakistan Taliban stated it targeted All Saints Church as a statement against US drone strikes in Pakistan.


TOPICS: Current Events; Islam
KEYWORDS: bot; islam; pakistan; postandrun

1 posted on 12/23/2020 12:59:47 PM PST by xomething
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To: xomething

They need that money for gender instructions.


2 posted on 12/23/2020 1:12:49 PM PST by chuckles
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To: xomething

Shouldn’t they be in gender studies classes?


3 posted on 12/23/2020 1:38:17 PM PST by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne )
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To: mass55th

Mighty white of them.


4 posted on 12/23/2020 2:52:55 PM PST by DIRTYSECRET (`)
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To: DIRTYSECRET

Would you rather they Didn’t stop the attack?


5 posted on 12/23/2020 3:41:01 PM PST by dp0622 (Tried a coup, a fake tax story, tramp slander, Russia nonsense, impeachment and a virus. They lost.)
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