SAA event in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Karez Kot area near Wana area, Pakistan on Sat 16th October 2021

One Haqqani Network militant was shot dead by unidentified attackers travelling in a car in Karez Kot area near Wana, the headquarters of South Waziristan District, in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on October 16, reports Dawn. Witnesses said unidentified armed men were apparently chasing the militant, Noor Zaman (33), who was going from Azam Warsak to Wana town on a motorcycle. The attackers opened fire on the moving motorcycle in Karez Kot area and escaped. Sources said the deceased had returned to South Waziristan from Afghanistan a few days ago. He was in Kabul during the Taliban takeover. The sources said Noor Zaman’s family had affiliation with the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI). Locals said the deceased was the first cousin of PTI’s general secretary, South Waziristan chapter Wali Mohammad and PTI youth wing Wana subdivision president Mohammad Sahal Wazir.