RAWALPINDI: Security forces arrested six terrorists including a suicide bomber from South Waziristan.
According to the details, security forces conducted the operation in South Waziristan and arrested six terrorists including a suicide bomber and four facilitators.
The arrested terrorists have confessed to their crimes. It has been revealed that the majority of the arrested terrorists were studying in religious seminaries in Hangu, Kurram, Tall and other areas. More arrests are also expected in light of information revealed by the arrested outlaws during the investigation.
It may be noted that following the rise in terror incidents in Pakistan, security forces have geared up their operations and killed as many as 142 terrorists in the last three months.
According to the details, the security forces carried out 6,921 operations across the country and foiled many terror incidents. In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, a total of 1,960 operations including 1,516 area domination operations, 301 intelligence-based operations and 143 area sanitization operations were carried out during the last three months. During the 1,960 operations, 98 terrorists were shot dead while 540 were taken into custody by the security forces. Security forces carried out 3,414 operations including 2,980 area domination operations, 67 intelligence-based and 367 area sanitization operations were carried out in Balochistan. In the operations, 40 terrorists were killed and 112 were arrested by the security forces.
In Sindh, 752 intelligence-based operations were carried out in which three terrorists were killed and 344 were taken into custody. The security forces shot dead a terrorist and arrested 11 others in 165 intelligence-based operations in Punjab during the last three months.
