{"id":27041,"date":"2025-11-11T12:04:38","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T12:04:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=27041"},"modified":"2025-11-11T12:04:38","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T12:04:38","slug":"over-500-cadet-college-students-trapped-as-military-terrorists-exchange-fire-in-wana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=27041","title":{"rendered":"Over 500 Cadet College students trapped as military, terrorists exchange fire in Wana"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Over 500 students were\u00a0trapped inside\u00a0Cadet College Wana on Tuesday\u00a0while security force exchanged fire with terrorists in\u00a0South Waziristan on campus premises. Some 115\u00a0students have reportedly been\u00a0evacuated since Monday, when the operation began.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>ISPR sources say there are still at least three militants hiding within the college premises. But, they are not anywhere near the students&#8217; residential block, say officials.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Terrorists attempted to storm the college on Monday morning, according to a statement issued by the ISPR the same day.\u00a0The attack began with a suicide explosion at the main entrance, injuring 15 civilians and four security personnel, said the paramilitary force initially. The injured security officials were identified as Naib Subedar Tabish, Lance Havaldar Shakeel, and soldiers Abdullah and Waqas.<\/p>\n<p>Officials confirmed that security forces responded swiftly, engaging the attackers before they could enter the college premises. In the ensuing exchange of fire, two terrorists were killed. A clearance and search operation was then launched\u00a0in the surrounding area.<\/p>\n<p>Read:\u00a0Two terrorists killed as security forces foil suicide attack at Cadet College Wana<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, it emerged that around 650 people were still stranded in the college. Independent media platform The Khorosan Diaries\u00a0wrote on X that the security forces are currently devising a plan to evacuate the students. According to ISPR, 115 students have been rescued out of a total of 525.<\/p>\n<p>UPDATE: There are at total of 537 students present in the Cadet College, of which 137 have been already evacuated.<br \/>\nThe remaining children are stuck within the college due to crossfire. However, they have not been taken hostage, but have remained blocked in the clashes as the\u2026 https:\/\/t.co\/zVbOfsj8Kr<br \/>\n\u2014 The Khorasan Diary (@khorasandiary) November 11, 2025<\/p>\n<p>Authorities clarified that the students have not been taken hostage but remain confined to their dormitories, as attackers occupy the administration block opposite the student block, Khorasan Diaries\u00a0wrote on X.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over 500 students were\u00a0trapped inside\u00a0Cadet College Wana on Tuesday\u00a0while security force exchanged fire with terrorists in\u00a0South Waziristan on campus premises. Some 115\u00a0students have reportedly been\u00a0evacuated since Monday, when the operation began.\u00a0 ISPR sources say there are still at least three militants hiding within the college premises. But, they are not anywhere near the students&#8217; residential [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27041","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27041","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27041"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27041\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}