In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Dera Ismail Khan district, security forces killed ten militants including Alam Mehsud, the ringleader of Fitna-al-Khawarij, while four others were injured during an operation.
According to security sources said the intelligence-based operation was conducted in the Kulachi area after information was received about the presence of militants.
Security sources said the forces eliminated ten militants belonging to Fitnat-ul-Khawarij, while four others were injured. They added that four of those killed were Afghan nationals.
Authorities further stated that a large cache of explosives, suicide vests, IEDs, and weapons was recovered from the militants.
Security officials said that the slain militant Alam Mehsud had been involved in the 2008 attack on the Nawaz Kot post, and had also participated in assaults on Bannu Jail and an army post.
