Pakistan’s security forces this week killed a “high-profile terrorist” in the country’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province who was involved in attacks on security forces and civilians, the army’s media wing said.
Security forces conducted an intelligence-based operation in the country’s restive Bajaur tribal district on Wednesday after receiving reports of the militant’s presence in the area, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a statement.
The army said Commander Irfan Ullah Adnan was killed after a heavy exchange of fire between security forces and militants in Bajaur.
“He was actively involved in numerous terrorist activities against security forces as well as extortion & target killings of innocent civilians, and was highly wanted by the law enforcement agencies,” the ISPR said.
BLAST KILLS EX-SENATOR
The ISPR’s press release was issued hours after a blast in Bajaur killed five people, among them a former senator who was taking part in a campaign for an upcoming by-election in the district.
Hidayat Ullah Khan and four others were killed when his vehicle was targeted in a blast in Bajaur. Khan, who was an independent senator from 2018 to 2024, was the son of former National Assembly lawmaker Hajji Bismillah Khan and the younger brother of ex-KP governor Shaukat Ullah Khan.
