ISLAMABAD, Sept 14 (NNN-APP) – The Pakistani military said, the security forces killed a terrorist commander, along with three others, in the Waziristan area of northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
An army statement said, “In a major breakthrough, terrorist commander, Ihsan Ullah alias Ihsan Sanray, along with three other terrorists were killed, during an intelligence-based operation today (Sunday), in Ghariom, Shaktu, near the inter district boundary of North and South Waziristan tribal districts.”
The terrorist commander was the mastermind of numerous terrorist attacks, and more recently, he was involved in planning and execution of terrorist attacks in Shaktu, which led to the killing of several soldiers and officers, the statement from the army’s media wing, said.
Earlier on Saturday, the Pakistani military said, one soldier was killed in a roadside bomb attack near a check post in North Waziristan.
The banned Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), claimed responsibility for the attack.
Pakistani military conducted a series of operations against terrorist groups, including the TTP, in North Waziristan. Although the area has mostly been pacified, remnants of terrorist groups still manage to launch attacks on the security forces.– NNN-APP
