Staff Report
BANU/NOWSHERA: The Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD), a specialized force in Pakistan, on Saturday claimed to have killed eight alleged terrorists in two separate raids in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province.
CTD joint operation
In the first raid in the Nowshera district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the CTD carried out a joint operation with police and killed four terrorists during the exchange of fire. The slain terrorists were identified as Muhammad Shahzeb, Latif Khan Muhammad Adil and Zahid.
The Counter Terrorism Department said that the terrorists belonged to a banned outfit and were involved in the targeted killing of lawyers and police personnel in Mardan, Charsadda and Peshawar. The terrorists were also involved in terrorist activities in other parts of K-P.
The Counter Terrorism Department on Saturday also said that it killed four suspected terrorists during an operation near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in the Bannu district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.
The CTD claimed that the terrorists were involved in targeted killings, bomb blasts and attacks on security forces.
According to the CTD, the operation was conducted near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border on a tip-off about the presence of the terrorists.
During a search, security forces recovered weapons and explosives including two hand grenades, two Kalashnikovs, automatic rifles, six ammunition magazines, two pistols and a dozen cartridges from the terrorists’ hideout.
The suspects were believed to be linked to the banned outfit Daesh.
