Police suspect militants from Bara and Darra Adamkhel tehsils behind the attacks on NATO container terminals on Peshawar's Ring Road, sources said on Monday.Police sources told Daily Times investigations into the attacks were underway and the perpetrators would be unearthed soon.
They said the militants from Jamrud would have had to travel a long way to reach Peshawar to attack the terminals. They said the number of persons who launched the assault indicated that the militants came from nearby, as such a large cavalry would have been hard to ignore.
Currently, the militants are concentrated in Khyber Agency's Bara tehsil under the Mangal Bagh-led Lashkar-e-Islam, while the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan is increasing its influence in Jamrud and other tehsils of the agency.
The sources said the army, police and Frontier Constabulary were collectively guarding the container terminals. "Security forces have been deputed at two places in the area, at Pishtakhara and PAF chowks on Ring Road. This is in addition to the police patrols," they said, adding 10 security personnel were deployed for guarding the more vulnerable terminals.
There are at least 12 container terminals in a 12-kilometre area of Ring Road. Six are situated in the limits of Pishtakhara police station in Cantonment, while the others fall in the limits of the city circle.
A senior police official said 30 policemen in six vehicles patrol the area regularly. He said attackers easily slip into the area through fields and villages at the rear of these terminals, adding the terminals lacked proper walls, lightings and security measures.