CTD, Bannu police kill 5 suspected terrorists in joint operation

Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) and local police personnel have killed five suspected terrorists during a jointly conducted operation (IBO) in the Bannu district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, it emerged on Friday. An official statement by the CTD described the slain individuals as Fitna-al-Khawarij, a term that the state uses to refer to the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban. The statement on Friday detailed the previous night’s action, saying that a “targeted intelligence-based operation” was carried on ...

By none@none.com (News Desk)