Peshawar/Dera Ismail Khan: seven terrorists were killed and a soldier was martyred in different meetings in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Sunday, official sources said.
According to the Army Media Wing, Public Relations between Services (ISPR), security forces carried out an intelligence -based operation (IBO) in the Maddi area of the District of Ismail Khan about the reported presence of men Armed in the area at night between February 8 and 9.
During a fire exchange, three terrorists were killed and two others were injured.
The sources said that the militants killed in the operation were experts in making improvised explosive devices (FDI) and bombs, and were involved in multiple acts of terrorism. After the operation, the sources said, the security forces launched a search operation in the area to track the accomplices of the militants.
Martyred soldier near Peshawar
The ISPR said that another operation against the terrorists was carried out at Mir Ali Tehsil in northern Waziristan. The operation triggered a fire exchange during which the security forces killed four militants to death, while three others were injured.
He added that a disinfecting operation was being carried out in the area to eliminate any other terrorist, since the members of the security forces were determined to eliminate the threat of terrorism in the country.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif appreciated the security forces for carrying out a successful operation against the terrorists of ‘Fitna-Al-Khawarij’ in the districts of Di Khan and Waziristan of the North, adds the application.
Meanwhile, a soldier was martyred and three others were injured in an exchange of fire with terrorists in the subdivision of Hassan Khel on the border between Peshawar and Kohat.
“The operation was carried out by members of the Security Forces,” the sources said, and added that there were reports on casualties among the terrorists belonging to the forbidden Pakistan of Tehreek-i-Taliban, but those reports could not be confirmed.
The ISPR did not issue any statement in the meeting in the Hassan Khel area until the presentation of this report on Sunday night.
The subdivision, a previous region (FR) PESHAWAR, is located about 40 km south of the provincial capital.
Cross fire broke out around 8:15 am during an IBO carried out jointly by the Police, the Department of Terrorism (CTD) and the Security Forces in the Rokhan Khel area in the Kandao area in the subdivision of Hassan Khel .
“The fire exchange continued for hours while the application agencies surrounded some abandoned houses. Raheem of the prohibited TTP and two of his accomplices were killed in the IBO set, ”said an official, added that a hairstyle operation began but postponed after dusk.
Two killed in Bannu
Separately, two men were killed in the Gurbaz Bakkakhel area of the Bannu district, on Sunday, authorities said.
They said that the armed men kidnapped the Riazullah police officer of the Utmanzai Police Station in the subdivision of Wazir and Habibullah, a resident of Shoikhel Bakkakhel, taking them to the Gurbaz Bakkakhel area where they were killed.
He described the personal enmity as a reason for the murder and added that an investigation was being carried out.
The captors also filmed the incident and uploaded it to the social media platforms. In a video, you could see the gunmen spraying both captives with bullets, killing them on the spot. However, the authenticity of the video could not be verified immediately.
GHULAM MANSALIN MARWAT in Lakki Marwat also contributed to this report
Posted in Dawn, February 10, 2025
