Security forces killed five terrorists and wounded two others during an operation in North Waziristan, according to reports. President Asif Ali Zardari commended the security forces for their operation in North Waziristan.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif stated that operations against Fitna al-Khawarij will continue until the complete elimination of terrorism. A blast near Aman Mela in the Darazinda area of Dera Ismail Khan killed twelve people and injured thirty-five others.
In Kohat’s Police Lines, a blast on September 19 killed twenty-three people, including fifteen police personnel. Following the Kohat blast, eight terrorists were killed during a search and clearance operation.
Six security personnel, including a captain and a lieutenant, were martyred in Hangu district. On September 1, six personnel, which included two officers and a customs department official, died when security forces thwarted a breach attempt at the Customs House in Balochistan.
At least thirty people, including twenty-seven police personnel, were killed when terrorists ambushed police personnel in the Kach Mangi Phase III area of Ziarat in July.
