Security forces eliminated a most-wanted Khariji commander, identified as Saifullah, during an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in the Sheikhan area of Bara, Khyber district, while two police personnel sustained minor injuries in a grenade attack during the engagement.
According to security sources, the eliminated commander was affiliated with the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and was wanted in several serious cases. He was among the most-wanted terrorists operating in the region.
According to Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) records, Saifullah was involved in attacks on security checkpoints in the Maidanak area, as well as improvised explosive device (IED) attacks in the Ali Masjid area of Jamrud.
The terrorist commander had been residing in Afghanistan for the past three years and had recently returned to Pakistan as the commander of a terrorist formation to carry out attacks, security sources said.
During the operation, Saifullah launched a grenade attack, leaving two police personnel with minor injuries. Both injured personnel were provided immediate medical assistance.
Inspector General of Police Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Zulfiqar Hameed praised the police personnel for eliminating the highly wanted terrorist commander and commended their operational performance.
The IGP said the police personnel who had prevented hundreds of innocent lives from being lost by eliminating the Khariji commander were an asset to the nation.
He reiterated that police operations and counterterrorism actions would continue until the country was cleared of the last terrorist.
