Pakistan’s security forces have killed a major terrorist of Afghanistan origin of the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in the northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. The local police gave this information.
Police said Pir Aga Kandhari was killed in a campaign in Gabir area of Bajaur district bordering Afghanistan on Tuesday. He was involved in several terrorist activities, including attacks on security forces and killing innocent civilians.
Bajaur Commander Malang Badshah of TTP confirmed Kandhari’s death in an operation in Bajaur district in an audio message. Meanwhile, four government officials, including two teachers of the high school, were kidnapped from Bannu district on Tuesday in two different incidents. The officers provided this information.
According to the preliminary report, armed men showed fear of guns and took the school teachers in a vehicle and took them to an unknown place. An official said that two employees of ‘Benazir Income Support Program’ (BISP) were abducted from BISP Payment Distribution Center.
Bannu District Police Officer (DPO) Salim Kulachi said that 15 to 20 terrorist came into the group and kidnapped the employees. However, the DPOs could not confirm how much money the terrorists took from the victims. The police have started an investigation and search operation to save the victims.