Daily Times

Two terrorists were killed and one was arrested in an operation carried out by security forces in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Dera Ismail Khan area on Sunday, the military’s media wing said in a statement.

“On 09 December 2024, Security Forces conducted an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in general area Kulachi, Dera Ismail Khan District on [the] reported presence of khwarij,” the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said.

During the operation, security personnel engaged the terrorists, two of whom were “sent to hell”, while one terrorist was “apprehended in injured condition”.

According to the ISPR, weapons and ammunition were seized from the terrorists, who were “actively involved in terrorist activities against the security forces as well as target killing of innocent civilians”.

“[A] sanitisation operation is being conducted to eliminate any other Kharji found in the area, as security forces of Pakistan are determined to wipe out the menace of terrorism from the country,” the ISPR statement read.

Separately, two terrorists involved in the killing of a policeman in Bannu have been shot dead in an encounter with the law enforcers.

According to details, a cop has also been injured during the encounter.

The terrorists had opened fire on the police in the Shah Deo area and managed to escape before killing a cop. The terrorists took refuge in a nearby house; however, the police chased them down.

The police surrounded the house and launched an operation against the terrorists, resulting in their deaths. The police have recovered weapons from the killed terrorists and shifted their bodies to a hospital for medico-legal formalities.