PESHAWAR: Three militants were killed and four others, including a `commander’, were arrested in two intelligence-based operations conducted by security forces in North Waziristan tribal district on Saturday, the military’s media affairs wing said.

According to a statement issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations, in the first operation the high-value militant commander was apprehended in injured condition along with three other militants.

In the second operation, three militants were killed. Weapons, ammunition and improvised explosive devices were recovered during the operations.

The statement said that both the killed and apprehended militants were affiliated with the Hafiz Gul Bahadur Group. It said these militants remained actively involved in terrorist activities against security forces, extortion for ransom and killing of innocent citizens.

Published in Dawn, July 24th, 2022

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