Terrorists involved in attack on Major Ishaq killed in IBO: ISPR

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RAWALPINDI: Security forces in Balochistan killed two terrorists in an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in Kulachi tehsil of Dera Ismail Khan district, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a statement on Thursday. Terrorist Zahir Shah and his accomplice and banned terrorist organisation Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) member were involved in an attack on Major Ishaq. Major Ishaq embraced martyrdom in an exchange of fire during a search operation at a terrorist hideout in Kulachi, Dera Ismail Khan, on November 22, 2017. The security forces managed to apprehend four terrorists, who were on a mission of planting improvised explosive device (IED) in the area, said the ISPR statement.

Published in Daily Times, January 5th 2018.

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