RAWALPINDI: Security forces killed a wanted terrorist in an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in the Mir Ali area of North Waziristan, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, t, the military’s media affairs wing said on Thursday.
According to a statement issued by Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), security forces conducted the operation after receiving information that terrorists were present in a hideout in the area.
“During intense exchange of fire, wanted terrorist Arif Ullah alias Dadullah got killed,” the military’s media affairs wing added.
On October 11, one terrorist was killed during an intelligence-based operation (IBO) by security forces in North Waziristan district, the ISPR had said. The IBO was conducted in a hideout on confirmed intelligence of the presence of terrorists in Mir Ali.
It said that weapons and ammunition were recovered during the operation while an area clearance operation is in progress.
On October 9, four terrorists were killed by Frontier Corps when the security forces spotted and engaged them near Balochistan’s Awaran district. The terrorists were killed after an intense exchange of fire, and weapons and ammunition were recovered from them.
On September 28, 10 terrorists including four commanders were killed in an IBO carried out by the security forces in South Waziristan district on the reported presence of a militant hideout.
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