The CTD and the police, in an intelligence-based operation conducted in Manghopir area of Karachi, arrested two militants belonging to the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), a banned outfit. According to the spokesman for the CTD, those arrested were Abdul Wakil and Ajmal and they belonged to Qila Abdullah in Balochistan. He further said that both militants were close associates of Sharifulllah, a most-wanted militant.

The spokesman informed that both militants had received training in Afghanistan. Two weeks ago, in a significant blow to terrorist networks operating in Pakistan, the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) shot dead three suspected TTP militants during a raid in Karachi’s Manghopir area. Among the slain militants was Zafran, a high-value target with a Rs20 million bounty, and the alleged mastermind behind the November 2024 attack on Chinese engineers in Karachi’s SITE area. 

According to CTD officials, the operation was launched following actionable intelligence that members of the banned outfit were hiding in a house. The CTD team, supported by intelligence agencies, faced heavy resistance as the suspects opened fire. All three terrorists were killed in the ensuing gunfight.

Credit: Independent News Pakistan (INP)