IED
IED event in Balochistan, Aghbarg in Quetta area, Pakistan on Thu 7th September 2023
7th September 2023
Five Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) terrorists were killed during an operation by the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) in the Aghbarg area of Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan, on September 7, reports Dawn. According to a statement released by the CTD, an operation was planned over information provided by a TTP terrorist, identified as Naseebullah, who was in custody. The CTD added that during the course of an investigation, he revealed the presence of his associates in Quetta and divulged that they were in advance planning of carrying out a terrorist activity in Quetta soon. The statement highlighted that the slain alleged terrorists were involved in the killing of officials of the Eagle Squad and CTD in Kuchlak and Frontier Corps personnel at the Kuchlak Bypass. A cache of weapons including a suicide jacket were recovered during the operation.
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Balochistan ( Aghbarg in Quetta area )
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