Rawalpindi (Web Desk): Pakistan’s security forces killed an active Tehreek-e-Taliban (TTP) during an operation in Boya area North Waziristan, the military’s media wing said on Saturday.
According to a statement issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the development came as security forces conducted an "area sanitisation operation", on the reported presence of terrorists.
“During an intense exchange of fire, terrorist identified as Ashraf Ullah alias Toofani, a resident of Boya, was killed,” the ISPR statement said.
The ISPR statement added that Ashraf was an active member of TTP, as he remained involved in target killing, terrorist activities against security forces, extortion, and planting Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs).
