How 25 militants killed in Bannu CTD operation: ISPR - Pakistan

RAWALPINDI:

In a late-night announcement on Tuesday, the military's media wing stated that 25 militants who had seized the CounterTerrorism Department police station in B-A N U were killed by elite army commandos.

 

According to Inter-Services Public Relations (I-SPR), after the militants' request for safe transportation to Afghanistan was turned down, soldiers from the Special Service Group (SSG) prevented them from fleeing the facility.

 

The I-SPR asserted that the SSG commandos' great sacrifice “raises our level of love for the country” and denied that they were attacked from the outside.

 

On December 18, Director General I-SPR Major General Ahmed Sharif provided details of the incident, stating that a detained terrorist defeated a constable in the CTD complex within B-A N U C-A N T.

 

According to Maj Gen Ahmed, the terrorist released 34 other detained companions after snatching the constable's weapon.

 

The DG I-SPR stated, "As soon as they came out of lockup, the terrorists got more weapons from the mall and started firing", adding that one CTD constable was killed and another was injured by the terrorists.

 

"The injured constable passed away at the hospital later"  

 

According to him, the junior commissioned officer who was present for the investigation was taken hostage by the terrorists, and security personnel from B-A N U C-A N T cordoned off the area as soon as they heard firing from the CTD compound.

 

In the firefight that followed the complex's seizure on December 18, two terrorists were killed, three were apprehended, and two security forces personnel were wounded.

 

He stated that every terrorist attempt to flee the complex stopped by effective encirclement.

 

He stated, "Efforts to induce the terrorists to surrender unconditionally continued for the next two days", noting that the terrorists nonetheless demanded safe passage to Afghanistan.

 

"It was made clear to the terrorists that there is no way to accept their demand that they be allowed to go to Afghanistan", 

 

He claimed that the security forces took action against the terrorists on December 20 because they did not surrender

 

25 terrorists were killed during the operation, when security forces and terrorists engaged in a fierce firefight. Three terrorists were detained, and seven surrendered. The martyrs include Sepoy S-A I-D, Sepoy B-A B-E R, and S U B-E D-A R Major Khurshid A-K R-A M.

 

In addition, he stated that the operation resulted in injuries to ten soldiers, including two officers. Prior to the preparation of the legislature about the circumstance, the guards let the administrators know that the security powers effectively performed the activity, saving every one of the prisoners held by the TTP aggressors. Hours after terrorists killed four police officers in L-A K-I M-A R W-T on Sunday, the standoff at the B-A N U CTD began.

 

At the facility, the militants, according to reports, overpowered their interrogators and stole their weapons. In his televised address, he stated, "The SSG started this operation... and all the terrorists have been killed", adding that the army had regained complete control of the CTD compound. However, after the fact, Inter-Services Public Relations stated that there were still a few militants confined within the facilities, with occasional explosion noises. 

 

Asif expressed concern about the reemergence of terrorism in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (K-P), while Imran Khan, the chairman of the Pakistan T-E H R -I K-E I-N S-A F (PTI) party, was living in Lahore and fantasizing about regaining power. Senator Mushtaq Ahmad of the J-A M-I A-T-E I-D L-A M-I endorsed Asif's viewpoint, asserting that K-P governance was nonexistent. "It's a shame that the K-P chief minister doesn't even attend the funerals of the policemen, who had embraced martyrdom in terrorist attacks", he said.

 

The J-I representative guaranteed that there were bits of gossip in K-P that the men, who had gone after the police headquarters, were likewise wanting to organize a comparative strike on parliament. "Terrorists have taken control of the entire province, and K-P is under attack" 

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