You have commented 339 times on Rantburg.

Your Name
Your e-mail (optional)
Website (optional)
My Original Nic        Pic-a-Nic        Sorry. Comments have been closed on this article.
Bold Italic Underline Strike Bullet Blockquote Small Big Link Squish Foto Photo
India-Pakistan
2 Afghan-based TTP terrorists killed by security forces in Bajaur: ISPR
2018-02-20
[DAWN] Two Afghan-based Tehrik-e-Taliban
...the Pashtun equivalent of men...
(TTP) bully boyz were tracked down and killed by security forces in Bajaur Agency, aka Turban Central
...Smallest of the agencies in FATA. The Agency administration is located in Khar. Bajaur is inhabited almost exclusively by Tarkani Pashtuns, which are divided into multiple bickering subtribes. Its 52 km border border with Afghanistan's Kunar Province makes it of strategic importance to Pakistain's strategic depth...
during an intelligence-based operation (IBO), an Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) blurb said on Monday.

The suspected gunnies entered Bajaur Agency via the Kagha Pass. They were tracked down by security forces and surrounded by a cordon near the Ghatki Kaga area, the ISPR said, and were killed when they attempted to escape.

Suicide jackets, anti-tank mines, magnetic mines, prepared remote-controlled Improvised Explosive Devices, remote-controlled receivers, detonators and communications equipment "bearing [an] Afghan mobile company's signature" were recovered from the possession of the myrmidons, ISPR said.

The ISPR added that, through the IBO, the security forces had foiled a major terror bid in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, the Federally Administered Tribal Areas and Islamabad.

Posted by:Fred

00:00