Security forces kill four militants in DI Khan intelligence-based operation

ISLAMABAD: Security forces killed four suspected militants during an intelligence-based operation in Dera Ismail Khan district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the military’s media wing said on Monday.

In a statement, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), said that the operation was carried out on a tip-off  about the presence of militants belonging to what it described as the Indian proxy group “Fitna al-Khawarij”, a term authorities use for the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).

According to the statement, troops effectively engaged the suspected militants’ hideout, and after an intense exchange of fire, four militants were killed.

Weapons and ammunition were recovered from the site, the ISPR said, adding that those killed had been involved in multiple militant activities in the area.

The military said a clearance operation was under way to eliminate any remaining militants in the vicinity.

Pakistan’s security forces and law enforcement agencies will continue counter-terrorism operations under the National Action Plan and the ongoing “Azm-e-Istehkam” campaign, the statement added.

Earlier, three Frontier Constabulary (FC) personnel were martyred and several others wounded in a militant attack involving a quadcopter drone and subsequent gunfire on ambulances in the Karak district o Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Security sources said that the attack targeted an FC fort near Dargah Shaheedan in the Bahadar Khel area, within the limits of Khurram Muhammad Zai Police Station.

District Police Officer Saud Khan said that militants used a quadcopter drone to drop explosives on the fort, wounding five personnel.