Three militants were killed and several others injured on Thursday in a joint operation by police and security forces in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s Dera Ismail Khan district, officials said.
Bannu Deputy Inspector General Sajjad Khan told media that the operations were carried out in Akbar Ali Khan Village, Asparka and Domel. He said the operation was supervised on the ground by senior officers, including DIG Khan, Bannu District Police Officer Yasir Afridi and Brigadier Umair Niazi of the 116 Brigade.
He said Domel lies along the North Waziristan Road, while the other areas are located above the Kohat and Bannu boundaries. All the locations are mountainous, officials said.
A search operation is continuing to arrest militants who fled the area. The terrorists will be brought to justice, and law and order will be maintained at all costs, DIG Sajjad Khan said.
Meanwhile, Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi praised police and security forces for what he described as a successful operation against militants belonging to “Fitna al-Khawarij” in the Bannu region.
“I pay tribute to the police and security forces for sending three terrorists to hell,” Naqvi said in a statement.
He said the police and security forces had thwarted the militants’ nefarious designs through a timely and coordinated operation and lauded their professional capabilities.
