UAE strongly condemns deadly terrorist attacks in Pakistan

The United Arab Emirates has strongly condemned the terrorist attacks that targeted police officers in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab provinces, which resulted in dozens of deaths and injuries.

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

Nearly 20 police personnel and civilians have been killed in a wave of militant attacks across northwest Pakistan over the past two days, a police official said on Thursday, in the latest surge of violence to hit the restive border region.

The attacks come days after Afghan and Pakistani forces traded fire along their porous frontier, each side blaming the other for the flare-up in hostilities.

"Over the past 48 hours, 15 police personnel and four civilians have been killed in terrorist incidents across various parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa," a senior police official told AFP.

According to the police official based in the provincial capital Peshawar, two police officers were also kidnapped and "are still missing."

WAM / AFP