Five terrorists killed in intel-based operation in North Waziristan
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In an intelligence-based operation, the security forces killed five terrorists in Mir Ali, North Waziristan, reported 24NewsHD TV channel on Saturday.
According to the military’s media wing, ISPR, the security forces launched an operation on the information of the presence of the terrorists in the area. Five terrorists including their commander Rahzeb alias Khoray were sent to hell in the operation.
The forces recovered weapons and explosive material from the possession of the militants.
According to the ISPR, the dead terrorists were actively involved in incidents of extortion and attacks on security forces and citizens.
Local residents appreciated the operation, the ISPR said, adding “The sanitisation operation is being carried out to eliminate any other terrorist found in the area as the security forces are determined to wipe out the menace of terrorism from the country.”
470 security men, civilians martyred in KP this year
A spike had been witnessed in the terrorism incidents in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa this year wherein seven areas of the province near Pak-Afghan border were targeted by terrorists.
According to the statistics issued by the Department of Interior and Tribal Affairs Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the areas most affected by terrorism included Peshawar, Khyber, Bajaur and Tank while Dera Ismail Khan and North Waziristan and South Waziristan.
The documents of the Home and Tribal areas revealed that a total of 1,050 incidents of terrorism took place in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa this year while 419 incidents of terrorism took place in the arranged districts, 631 incidents in the merged districts, the document revealed.
A total of 61 incidents of terrorism took place in Peshawar this year and the highest 201 incidents of terrorism occurred in North Waziristan besides 169 incidents took place in Khyber, 121 in South Waziristan, 98 in Dera Ismail Khan, 62 in Bajaur and 61 in Tank respectively.
During these terrorism incidents, 470 security personnel and civilians were martyred including 106 security personnel in Peshawar with four security personnel were killed in Bajaur, 28 in Khyber, 36 in North Waziristan and 29 in South Waziristan, the document revealed.
As many as 21 security personnel died in Dera Ismail Khan and 13 in Tank while 73 civilians died the most in Bajaur, North Waziristan 28, South Waziristan 6, Dera Ismail Khan 5, 7 civilians killed in Tank and four civilians were killed in terrorist incidents in Peshawar and Khyber.
Reporter Ahmad Mansoor