IGP says arrested bank robber linked with Afghan militants National May 8, 2021 NOWSHERA: KP Inspector General of Police Sanaullah Abbasi said on Friday the robbers who had tried to rob a commercial bank a day before in the Pabbi town of the Nowshera district had links to militants based in Afghanistan. He was talking to the media after inquiring into the health of the police Head Constable Shakil Khan of the Riders Squad who was injured while foiling the Rs 21million robbery. Deputy Inspector General of Police Mardan Yaseen Farooq, Nowshera District Police Officer Muhammad Iqbal accompanied the police chief. A gang of three robbers had stormed a commercial bank in Pabbi on Thursday. The timely action by the cops and the security guards had foiled the robbery bid but Head Constable Shakil Khan was injured during the action.