{"id":92306,"date":"2025-03-30T22:38:07","date_gmt":"2025-03-30T22:38:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/four-is-terrorists-killed-in-bahawalpur-ctd-the-express-tribune\/"},"modified":"2025-03-30T22:38:07","modified_gmt":"2025-03-30T22:38:07","slug":"four-is-terrorists-killed-in-bahawalpur-ctd-the-express-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/four-is-terrorists-killed-in-bahawalpur-ctd-the-express-tribune\/","title":{"rendered":"Four IS terrorists killed in Bahawalpur: CTD | The Express Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) on Sunday claimed to have killed four terrorists\u00a0in\u00a0an operation in Bahawalpur.<\/p>\n

The operation was conducted after the security force received intelligence reports, the security force stated. Three\u00a0accomplices of the terrorists were reported\u00a0to have escaped.<\/p>\n

As per the CTD, the killed terrorists belonged to the banned Islamic State (IS) militant group. They were\u00a0identified as Amanullah, Abdul Jabbar, Rehman Ali and Aleem.<\/p>\n

The terrorists\u00a0were planning to target a worship place of a minority community, said the security officials.<\/p>\n

The CTD recovered hand grenades, SMG rifles and other weapons from their possession.<\/p>\n

The officials stated that raids were being carried out\u00a0for the\u00a0arrests of the three who escaped, and further investigations were underway, said CTD.<\/p>\n

In early April, Pakistan formally asked Afghanistan to hand Aslam Farooqi, leader of the Islamic State of Khorasan Province (ISKP), an affiliate of the IS.<\/p>\n

The demand was made by the Foreign Office with Afghan Ambassador.<\/p>\n

On April 4, Afghanistan\u2019s intelligence agency, the National Directorate of Security, announced that they had arrested Farooqi, whose real name is Abdullah Orakzai, in Kandahar province.<\/p>\n

It was emphasised that Pakistan had been expressing its concerns over the activities of the group, which were clearly detrimental to the country.<\/p>\n

The group took responsibility of a recent attack targeting a Sikh Gurdwara in Kabul, leaving scores dead.<\/p>\n

The group has also been involved in several terrorist attacks in Pakistan. Islamabad has long suspected that the group enjoyed tacit support of the Afghan intelligence agency. It also accused the group of being\u00a0a proxy of RAW.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) on Sunday claimed to have killed four terrorists\u00a0in\u00a0an operation in Bahawalpur. The operation was conducted after the security force received intelligence reports, the security force stated. Three\u00a0accomplices of the terrorists were reported\u00a0to have escaped. As per the CTD, the killed terrorists belonged to the banned Islamic State (IS) militant group. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":92307,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/i.tribune.com.pk\/media\/images\/2223338-ctdpx-1589701872\/2223338-ctdpx-1589701872.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[205],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-92306","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bahawalpur-news"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t