A militant commander killed in Pakistan was wanted in several terrorism cases, and authorities said on Thursday that he died in a police operation in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the country's northwestern province. The operation was carried out on Wednesday at Sheikhan Pul in Bara tehsil of Khyber district, after police received intelligence about the militant's presence in the area.
The police operation
Waqar Ahmad, the district police officer (DPO) of Khyber, gave the details. A DPO is the senior police official in a district, and a tehsil is an administrative subdivision within a district. Police acted on intelligence rather than an open-ended search, which is the basis the authorities gave for the raid.
Cases against the commander
The militant was described as wanted in several terrorism cases. Among the charges are bomb blasts and attacks on police checkpoints, where officers stop and check vehicles on roads.
Background
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa shares a border with Afghanistan and has been the scene of militant violence for many years. Police operations against armed groups in the province are a regular part of security work, though the details of each case vary.
Aasan alfaaz mein
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa mein police ke aik operation mein aik wanted militant commander mara gaya hai, authorities ne Thursday ko yeh bataya. Yeh operation Wednesday ko Bara tehsil ke Sheikhan Pul ilaqe mein hua, jahan police ko militant ki maujoodgi ki khufia maloomat mili thi. Is commander par bomb dhamakon aur police checkpoints par hamlon ke kai muqadmat thay. Jin ilaqon mein aisi operations hoti hain, wahan logon ko police ki hidayat par amal karna chahiye.
