Security forces killed two “important and most wanted” terrorists of the outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in North Waziristan district’s Boya area, the military’s media affairs wing said in a statement on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said that security forces and terrorists exchanged fire last night in the area during which the two militants were killed.<\/p>\n
They were identified as commander Rasheed alias Jabir and Abdul Salam alias Chamtoo.<\/p>\n
Weapons and ammunition were recovered from the killed terrorists, the ISPR said. The two had been actively involved in terrorist activities in the area, it added.<\/p>\n
TTP attacks on Pakistan soil have of late seen an uptick.<\/p>\n
The previous PTI government and the TTP had agreed to a month-long ceasefire to hold talks last year. However, the militant group had declined to extend the ceasefire after the one-month period ended, accusing the government of failing to honour the decisions reached earlier.<\/p>\n
On March 30, the TTP announced the launch of Operation Al-Badar against law-enforcement agencies, which led to a surge in its attacks in tribal districts, southern region and other parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.<\/p>\n
Last month, two TTP militants were killed in a raid in Dera Ismail Khan. They were identified as Khalil and Ehsan.<\/p>\n
The police had said the slain terrorists were involved in attacks on security forces and several other sabotage activities, including an attack on a police mobile van, in which five policemen were martyred and seven others were injured.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, two TTP sources told AFP last week that the group had extended a ceasefire with the government, agreed for the Eid period, till May 16 to hold peace talks.<\/p>\n
A TTP letter outlining the truce told fighters “not to violate the decision taken by the central command”.<\/p>\n
Both sources said a team of Pakistani mediators has travelled to Afghanistan to meet the TTP leadership for talks facilitated by the Afghan Taliban.<\/p>\n
However, Islamabad has not yet commented on the matter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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