IED event in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Ghulam Khan Khel area of North Waziristan District area, Pakistan on Thu 3rd February 2022

Separately, Security Forces (SFs) on February 3 recovered a cache of weapons, ammunition and improvised explosive devices during an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in the Ghulam Khan Khel area of North Waziristan District, reports Geo News. “Security forces conducted an IBO in Ghulam Khan Khel, North Waziristan District, on reports of a terrorists' hide out in the area,” said the Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) in a statement. The ISPR said that during the “search of the area large quantity of weapons, ammunition and improvised explosive devices” were recovered from the terrorists' hideout. “Recovered weapons and ammunition include sub machine guns, hand grenades, RPG-7 rockets, IEDs, material used in preparation of IEDs, communication equipment and hundreds of multiple calibre rounds,” the ISPR statement added.