Pakistan Terrorism
Top Pakistan Police official claims 90% of terrorist groups are operating from Afghanistan
Islamabad/IBNS: Pakistan's top police official claimed over 90 percent of the terrorist groups are planning attacks and operating from Afghanistan.
He said the country's Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) has busted five major groups of Daesh (IS-KP) during operations in Peshawar and Bannu regions during the last year.
Deputy Inspector General (DIG) CTD, Javed Iqbal Wazir, was quoted as saying by The News International: "Three of the major groups were busted by the CTD Peshawar region while two were busted by the CTD Bannu range."
"The held terrorists were involved in over 40 incidents of target-killing, including attacks on polio vaccination teams," the official added.
He said 110 terrorists were killed and 599 others were arrested by the CTD during operations across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Province this year.
The CTD chief said the arrested and killed terrorists included a number of most wanted people who were carrying millions of rupees as head money.
"The CTD foiled major terrorism bids by recovering 2,397 kilograms of explosives, 206 hand grenades, five suicide jackets, 31,076 detonators and seven RPG rockets during the last one year," Javed Iqbal was quoted as saying by the Pak newspaper.
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