Pakistan: Five TTP Terrorists Killed in Security Operation in Khyber
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PESHAWAR (Terror Monitor) — Five terrorists belonging to the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) were killed in an intelligence-based security operation in Khyber district of Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, security sources said.
According to security sources, the operation was conducted in the Bara tehsil of Khyber district following intelligence regarding the presence of TTP terrorists in the area.
The sources said five TTP terrorists were killed during the operation. A large quantity of weapons and ammunition was also recovered from the militants, they added.
Security forces also destroyed the TTP hideouts during the operation, according to the sources.
Further details about the identities of those killed and the weapons recovered were not immediately available.
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