PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani police killed two commanders from a militant group within the nation’s northwest, an area officer stated Saturday.
Pakistan has elevated its operations towards militants after a surge in violence by the Pakistani Taliban, or TTP, significantly within the northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
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The TTP ended its cease-fire with the federal government in November, ordering its fighters to hold out assaults throughout the nation.
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Regional police officer Muhammad Ali Gandapur stated the slain TTP fighters have been needed in reference to the killing of 5 law enforcement officials and have been additionally concerned in assaults on safety checkpoints.
The federal government had a bounty of $7,259 on the 2 males.
Police arrested 4 fighters and recovered gunpowder, hand grenades, digital detonators and Kalashnikov rifles in the identical intelligence operation in Hund village, Swabi district.
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The operation got here days after a suicide bomber attacked a mosque inside a police and authorities compound within the metropolis of Peshawar, the provincial capital, killing 101 individuals and wounding no less than 225. The assault was one of many deadliest in years within the unstable area.
