At least four terrorists killed in Tank IBO

At least four terrorists were killed by security forces during an intelligence-based operation (IBO) conducted in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa's Tank district, said the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) on Monday.

The military's media wing added that the militants were involved in numerous terrorist activities in the area. "Weapons and ammunition were also recovered from them."

Locals of the area appreciated the operation by the security forces, who remain determined to eliminate the menace of terrorism from the country, said the ISPR.

In another operation conducted a day earlier, security forces killed at least two terrorists in the Dera Ismail Khan district of KPK, eliminated one terrorist and injured another in the Hernai district.

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Earlier on Saturday, Sessions Judge Shakirullah Marwat, stationed in South Waziristan, was abducted by unidentified kidnappers near a village located at the junction of Tank and Dera districts on Dera Ismail Khan’s Tank Road.

He returned home safely earlier today, the Counter-Terrorism Department CTD) confirmed. The police added that the judge was recovered without making any deal with the kidnappers.

The judge was recovered after a local jirga intervened. However, the provincial or district administration has not shared any details or any official statement in this regard.