The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) has arrested four terrorists belonging to Al-Qaeda and Daesh during an operation in Khyber District, reported 24NewsHD TV channel on Saturday.

The CTD’s operation against Al-Qaeda and Daesh in Khyber Agency has saved Peshawar from a terrorist incident as the arrested terrorists were plotting to launch a major terrorist strike in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa capital and its surrounding areas.

The CTD personnel also seized a huge quantity of weapons and ammunition from the terrorists.

An image of the seized weapons and ammunition.

The arrests came a day after CTD personnel shot dead two terrorists in a gunbattle in Bannu. The personnel of CTD and intelligence agencies launched an IBO in Bab Ali Spanewam village of Mirali region.

The dead terrorists were identified as Lal Marjan alias Yasir and Zar Qayyum alias Zarr.

 

Reporter Jahanzeb Afridi