Radd-ul-Fasaad: 6 terrorists nabbed by security forces in Balochistan

Operation carried out in Rustam Darbar, Dera Bugti and Killi Deba areas: ISPR

Six terrorists belonging to the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan were apprehended by FC Balochistan on Monday in an intelligence-based operation (IBO) on Monday.

According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), security forces conducted the operation in the Rustam Darbar, Dera Bugti and Killi Deba areas.

Explosives, anti-personal mines, detonators, communications equipment, as well as, arms and ammunition were recovered from the militants.

Separately, the Punjab Rangers along with police and intelligence agencies carried out an IBO in Attock, Sargodha and Rawalpindi in which 12 terrorist facilitators were nabbed.



A large cache of arms and ammunition were recovered from the facilitators.

On December 7 security forces carried out a search operation related to the ongoing Operation Radd-ul-Fasaad in Khyber Agency and successfully cleared a factory meant for making improvised explosive devices (IEDs).

According to the ISPR, the search operation was conducted in Nagrosa area near Sheikhan village of the agency.

“During the operation, four caves, three compounds and an abandoned IED-making factory were cleared,” said ISPR in a statement.A huge cache of arms and ammunition, hidden by terrorists, was also recovered, including hand-grenades and IEDs.