ISLAMABAD, Dec 21 (NNN/APP) – A Pakistani military operation killed all the terrorists who occupied a police compound and took security personnel hostage, in north-west Pakistan, Pakistani Defence Minister, Khawaja Muhammad Asif, said yesterday.
Asif told parliament that, the terrorists, belonging to the outlawed Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), have been killed in the military operation, launched earlier in the day, and the police compound has been cleared.
He said that, at least two Pakistani security members were killed and 15 others injuried, without giving further details on the number of terrorists killed in the operation, conducted by the Special Service Group of the Pakistan Army, in Bannu district of the north-west Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.– NNN-APP
