SAA event in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Malang Adda, Lakki Marwat District area, Pakistan on Thu 9th January 2025

Three Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants were killed during a joint intelligence-based operation (IBO) conducted by the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) and Police on Tajori Road Canal near Malang Adda under the jurisdiction of Gumbela Police Station in Lakki Marwat District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on January 9, reports ARY News. According to the CTD spokesperson, there was an exchange of gunfire between the Security Forces (SFs) and the militants that lasted for approximately half an hour. After the firing ceased, a search operation was launched and three of the militants were found dead, while their accomplices managed to escape. The killed militants were wanted in cases of attacks on SFs, facilitation, reconnaissance, and targeted killings. They were associated with the Tipu Gul group of TTP. The dead militants were identified as Shafiq Nawaz, Gard Muhammad Mujahid alias Jahadiyar and Fida-ur-Rehman alias Anas alias Gul. Weapons, ammunition, mobile phones, and night vision guns were recovered from the possession of the dead militants.