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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police, CTD Kill Eight Militants in Coordinated Raids Across Bannu, Khyber and Zahir Garhi

Officials say the intelligence-led raids disrupted planned assaults on police posts.

Overview

  • CTD officials identified two men killed in the Bannu operation as Sohail alias Sangari and Ismail alias Usman.
  • Police said three militants were killed near Khyber’s Shah Kas Bypass Road in an action that foiled a major plot targeting police personnel.
  • Three more were killed in Zahir Garhi outside Peshawar, while several associates escaped as search-and-strike efforts continue.
  • Recovered items included Kalashnikov rifles, a pistol, ammunition, mobile phones, a motorcycle and a card of the banned TTP.
  • Authorities linked the suspects to attacks on the Sheikh Lindak and Fateh Khel police posts, a security forces convoy and an IED attack on an under-construction Rescue 1122 building, as the KP police chief pledged further targeted operations.