SAA event in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pahar Khel, Lakki Marwat District area, Pakistan on Fri 21st November 2025

At least 10 Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) terrorists were killed during a joint intelligence-based operation (IBO) by Security Forces (SFs) and Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) carried out in the Pahar Khel area of Lakki Marwat District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on November 21, reports Dawn. “During the conduct of [the] operation, own troops effectively engaged the khawarij location and after an intense fire exchange, ten khawarij were sent to hell,” the CTD statement read. Fitna-al-Khawarij is a term the State uses for terrorists belonging to the TTP. “During the operation, 10 terrorists were killed, including two key commanders of the Teepo Gul group: Commander Niaz Ali, known as Akasha and Commander Abdullah, known as Shipunkoi,” the CTD said, adding that five terrorists were wounded, and one facilitator was arrested in the IBO.