KHYBER AGENCY-
32 militants were killed in clashes in the troubled Khyber Agency near the Afghan border, days after a Taliban massacre killed 148 people at a school.
The insurgents were killed by security forces in an ambush in the Tirah area of Khyber, where the Taliban and other militants have taken refuge from an army offensive, the military said in a statement.
“Reportedly a group of terrorists was moving from Tirah towards Pak-Afghan border. Security forces ambushed the moving group at Wurmagai and Spurkot, killing 32 terrorists in exchange of fire,” the Inter-Service Public Relations (ISPR) statement said, adding that three security personnel were injured.
Eight militants shot down in Ziarat
Meanwhile in Balochistan’s Ziarat district, eight suspected militants, including a local Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) commander, were killed by security forces in an operation Chotair area.
The suspects were involved in kidnapping and terror activities in the area. Arms and ammunition have also been recovered from their possession.
Three suspects targeted in Karachi
In Karachi, three terror suspects, including a key commander of the TTP, were killed in a Rangers operation.
According to the Rangers’ spokesman, the TTP commander, Abid Muchhar and his accomplices were killed in the operation conducted in Musharraf Colony early Friday morning.