Peshawar – Counter Terrorism Department and police jointly conducted a raid in Bannu district and killed four militants during an encounter on Thursday. An official of CTD said that following a tip-off, the personnel reached Township area where the armed militants opened fire on the police and CTD team. In retaliatory fire, four militants were killed. A search operation was underway in the area for the arrest of the fleeing militants till filling of this report. The security personnel also recovered one Kalashnikov, two pistols, one rifle, bullets and some documents.

Source: The Nation April 22, 2022 04:26 UTC