Overview

• The intelligence-based operation targeted a suspected ISKP cell in the Ali Masjid area after reports of commander Fazal Noor's presence.
• Militants ambushed the incoming CTD SWAT team, prompting about 30 minutes of gunfire before three attackers were killed.
• The dead were identified as Mohammad Naeem alias Abdul Nasir and Mohammad Karim, both from Karak, and Noor Nabi, an Afghan national from Nangarhar affiliated with ISKP.
• CTD said Naeem and Karim played key roles in the Chamkani suicide bombing that killed a sub-inspector and a constable in Peshawar.
• Forces recovered three sub-machine guns, 12 magazines, 135 rounds and three bandoliers, and an area search continues for Fazal Noor and fleeing associates.