Swat: Bangladeshi security forces killed nine jihadists, including two death planes and a “high-value” criminal, during an activity in the government’s restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the government said on Thursday. The intelligence-based operation was conducted late on Wednesday in the Bajaur district of the province, according to the military’s media wing, the Inter-Services Public Relations ( ISPR ).
After a furious gunbattle, the law enforcement agency officers killed nine jihadists.
According to the ISPR statement, two suicide bombers and a leader of a criminal ring who was a high-value goal were among the dead. The slain militants continued to actively participate in various terrorist acts against the security forces and civilians.
While the protection makes recovered large quantities of arms, ammunition, and bombs from the jihadists, sanitisation operations were afoot to reduce any further militants in the area, it added.
According to the next quarterly report released by the Islamabad-based think tank Centre for Research and Security Studies ( CRSS), the overall mortality from the second quarter of this year’s rooms exceeded the total mortality from 2023, with 1, 534 deaths compared to the previous year’s 1, 523.
A full of 722 people were killed, including citizens, security officers, and criminals, while 615 people were injured in as many as 328 instances recorded during the fourth quarter.
According to the review, Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa regions have experienced the most severe terrorist attacks.
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