Three terrorists killed in Dera, Tank operations: ISPR

Three suspected terrorists were killed and two others were injured in two intelligence-based operations (IOBs) conducted by the security forces on Monday, the army’s media wing said.

The Inter-Services Public Relations said that the operations were conducted in Dera Ismail Khan and Tank districts on the reported presence of terrorists there.

In one of the operations conducted in Chodwan area of Daraban tehsil, two terrorists, belonging to the Asthana group of the proscribed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan, were killed.

They were identified as Rizwan Khan and Ismail. The security personnel also recovered weapons and their organisational cards from their possession.

In the second operation, a commander of the group identified as Abdul Jabbar Shah alias Shah Alam was killed and two of his accomplices were injured after an intense gun battle with security forces in Tank.

The ISPR stated that sanitisation of the surrounding areas was being carried out to eliminate any other terrorists found ther

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