Peshawar: Seven terrorists of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) have been killed during an encounter between security forces and terrorists in violence-hit Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. The Pakistani army has given information about this. The army’s media wing ‘Inter-Services Public Relations’ (ISPR) said in a statement that the operation was launched against them based on intelligence about the presence of terrorists in Kurram district. It said that the security forces killed seven TTP terrorists, while five terrorists are injured. According to the statement, “The secret hideout of the terrorists was also busted and a large number of weapons, ammunition and explosives were recovered from there.”

The Defense Minister had said this

It is worth noting that recently Pakistan’s Defense Minister Khawaja Asif had warned that under the anti-terrorism operation launched by the army, the hideouts of the banned organization Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan based in Afghanistan can also be targeted. Now its effect is also being seen. The Pakistan Army is also targeting the hideouts of the terrorists of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan.

Grenade attack took place in Balochistan

Meanwhile, it should also be told here that a day before Independence Day in Pakistan, terrorists attacked a shop selling national flags and a house in Balochistan province with a grenade. Three people were killed and six others were injured in this attack. The separatist group ‘Baloch Liberation Army’ claimed responsibility for this attack in Quetta, the capital of violence-hit Balochistan. Just a few days ago, this group had warned the shop owner not to sell flags and warned people not to celebrate the holiday on 14 August.