Raid on a suspected militant hideout in northwestern Pakistan kills five anti-terrorism commandos and two militants
FILE PHOTO: Pakistani security forces demolish the hideout of militants in Peshawar, Pakistan, on April 16, 2019.
A raid on a suspected militant hideout in northwestern Pakistan has killed five anti-terrorism commandos and two militants.when the commandos tried to raid a house in the Chilas district, 460 kilometres north of Peshawar, the capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province which borders Afghanistan. The fighting lasted several hours, Khan said. Along with the two militants killed, a cache of weapons and explosives was recovered, he added.
It wasn’t immediately known which militant group was involved in the firefight. The Pakistani Taliban — the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan or TTP — are active in the province.
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