Weapons and ammunition were also recovered from those killed. A sanitisation operation was launched in the surrounding areas to neutralise any other terrorists in the area.
The attack, aimed at freeing the detained prisoners, led to a gun battle in which seven terrorists, including the three prisoners, were killed while others escaped. The official said those killed were involved in previous...
The TTP has increased the attacks on security forces since November when they ended a months-long cease-fire with the Pakistan government.
Terrorists detonated explosives near Gul Mir Kot in Shawal tehsil on Saturday and blew up a vehicle carrying 16 labourers, Geo News quoted Deputy Commissioner Rehan Gul Khattak as saying.
Pakistan: The officials said the boat was carrying 30 people and most of them were children.
Pakistan: Bargai police station in Laki Marwat bordering the south Waziristan tribal district was attacked by terrorists carrying lethal weapons, including hand grenades and rocket launchers, police said.
The bombing happened in North Waziristan, a district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province that borders Afghanistan and is a former stronghold of the militant Pakistani Taliban group, also known as Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan or...
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Pakistan: The second round of talks comes as the country’s government and the TTP last month agreed to extend a ceasefire indefinitely while continuing negotiations to find an end to the nearly two decades of militancy.
Official authorities have stated that at least 10 people have died during a fresh spell of torrential rains accompanied by widespread flooding in the last 24...
