Security forces kill 15 militants in Bannu, DI Khan, North Waziristan

Militant Ikramullah alias Maulvi Insafullah killed, linked to AC Shah Wali Wazir murder

Security forces conduct operations in Bannu, Dera Ismail Khan and North Waziristan, killing 15 militants, including a suspect in an assistant commissioner’s murder. In a separate incident, unidentified individuals blew up a government school in North Waziristan.

According to details, security forces conducted an operation in Bannu’s Mamand Khel area, killing militant Ikramullah, also known as Maulvi Insafullah, linked to the murder of North Waziristan Assistant Commissioner Shah Wali Wazir.

Ikramullah was affiliated with the banned Gul Bahadur group and had played a central role in the attack on Shah Wali Wazir. Two of his associates, Ataur Rehman and Abu Saleh, were also killed in the operation, while another militant, Darvesh, was wounded.

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AC Shah Wali and three others were martyred on December 2 when unidentified assailants ambushed their vehicle on the Miranshah Road, police and district officials said. The assistant commissioner was travelling from Miranshah to Bannu on official duty. According to police, attackers riding motorcycles opened fire on the vehicle before setting it ablaze and fleeing the scene.

Separately, five militants were killed on the spot during a targeted, intelligence-based counter-terrorism operation by security forces in North Waziristan.

Meanwhile, in the village of Ipi in Mir Ali tehsil, North Waziristan, unidentified individuals destroyed the Government Girls Primary School Lal Salam Kot using explosives.

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Unidentified attackers have repeatedly targeted government schools in North Waziristan, South Waziristan, Bannu and Lakki. In these areas, the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan has imposed a self-styled ban on girls’ education.

In another intelligence-based operation in the village of Aba Shaheed, on the outskirts of Kulachi tehsil in Dera Ismail Khan, security forces killed 10 militants. The area was cordoned off, and a search operation is underway to trace any remaining militants.