Three commanders among eight TTP terrorists killed in NW operations
report in The Express Tribune, Mar 7, 2021
Security forces conducted two intelligence-based operations (IBOs) on Saturday, killing at least eight terrorists including three commanders of banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s North Waziristan tribal district, military said.
“These terrorists remained involved in terrorist activities against security forces, law enforcement agencies and locals of the area since 2009 including IED attacks, firing, target killing, kidnapping for ransom and extortion,” military’s media wing, Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR), said in a statement.
The operations were conducted in Boya and Dosalli areas of the tribal district, the ISPR said, adding that all three commanders belonged to different groups of TTP.
“During the exchange of fire, eight terrorists including three terrorist commanders Abdul Aneer alias Adil (TTP Toofan group), Junaid alias Jamid (TTP Tariq group) and Khaliq Shadeen alias Rehan (TTP Sadiq Noor group) were killed.”
ISPR said that the terrorists were also involved in recruiting other terrorists in the area. Security forces recovered a huge cache of arms from hideouts, it added.
On February 4, security forces killed four terrorists during a similar operation in North Waziristan.
The military’s media wing said that the operation was conducted after the security forces observed the presence of the terrorists in a compound in North Waziristan’s Mir Ali area.
The ISPR said that 42-year-old resident of Chitral Naib Subedar Aminullah and a 24-year-old resident of Landi Kotal Sepoy Sher Zamin embraced martyrdom while four other soldiers sustained injuries during the operation.
https://tribune.com.pk/story/2287853/three-commanders-among-eight-ttp-terrorists-killed-in-nw-operations
CTD kills MQM-L man in Korangi ‘encounter’
Report in Dawn, March 7th, 2021
KARACHI: An activist of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-London was killed in an alleged encounter in Korangi on Saturday.
The Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) claimed that suspect Azam alias Ganja was allegedly involved in targeted killings of four persons including an official of the Karachi Development Authority.
A CTD spokesperson said acting on a tip-off, the CTD and an intelligence agency carried out a joint action in Bagh-i-Korangi and killed the suspect after an exchange of gunfire. His one accomplice managed to escape. The police claimed to have seized a 9mm pistol from his custody.
“The killed suspect, Azam alias Ganja, was an active member of targeted killing team of Korangi sector and was a close aide of notorious killer, Junaid alias Bulldog,” said a CTD press release.
The CTD spokesperson said that Azam along with his accomplice killed a person in Korangi on the directions of a unit in-charge. He along with his other accomplices shot dead KDA officer Abdul Jabbar Mangi near Chiniot Hospital in 2013.
In the same year, he was also involved in killing of a MQM-Haqiqi worker in Landhi-8. The suspect also killed another worker in K-Area of Zaman Town.
“The suspect, Azam, was wanted by the CTD as there were cases registered against him,” said the press release.
A court had also issued his “perpetual warrant of arrest”. The seized pistol was being sent to the forensic science lab of the police for an examination…..
https://www.dawn.com/news/1611040/ctd-kills-mqm-l-man-in-korangi-encounter
