KURRAM: Security forces have gunned down 22 Khawarij in an Intelligence-Based Operation (IBO) in Kurram district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
According to details, the operations were conducted at two separate locations in the Mirzai and Manatu regions after credible intelligence reports were received.
Acting swiftly, the forces launched precise and timely actions that led to the elimination of 22 militants. The militants had taken over a house near a populated area and were using it as a hideout.
Security sources confirmed that no civilian casualties were reported during the operation. The militants had also planted explosives inside the house, which detonated during the action, destroying the building. Some security personnel were also reported injured in the explosion.
Earlier, in a major development, facilitators of Islamabad suicide blast, terrorists of Fitna al Khawarij were arrested.
A joint operation was conducted by Intelligence Bureau Division and CTD, where four members of the TTP/Fitna al-Khawarij terrorist cell involved in the suicide attack at the Judicial Complex G-11, Islamabad, have been apprehended.
During interrogation, Sajidullah alias Sheena, the handler of the suicide bomber, confessed that TTP/FAK (Fitna al-Khawarij) Commander Saeed-ur-Rehman alias Daadullah (resident of Charmang, Bajaur, currently in Afghanistan, and serving as TTP’s Intelligence Chief for Nawagai, Bajaur) contacted him through the Telegram application to carry out a suicide attack in Islamabad to cause maximum casualties of LEAs.
Daadullah sent pictures of the suicide bomber (SB) Usman alias Qari to Sajidullah alias Sheena for receiving him. SB Usman Qari belonged to the Shinwari tribe and was a resident of Achin, Nangarhar, Afghanistan.
When he reached Pakistan from Afghanistan, Sajidullah alias Sheena arranged his stay in a residence near Islamabad. On the directions of Afghanistan-based TTP/FAK (Fitna al-Khawarij) Commander Daadullah, Sajidullah alias Sheena collected a suicide jacket from Akhun Baba graveyard in Peshawar and brought it to Islamabad.
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