Pakistan security forces avert terror bid, three terrorists killed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

PESHAWAR: (Oct 26) The Pakistan security forces foiled an attempted suicide attack and killed three terrorists in the northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s North Waziristan district, the military’s media wing said.

A statement issued on Saturday by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said that security forces foiled a “major terrorist incident and averted a potential catastrophic attack” a day ago after conducting an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in the district’s general area of Jhallar, based on credible intelligence about the presence of terrorists belonging to Fitna al-Khawarij who were preparing a vehicle-borne suicide bomber for a major terrorist activity.

Fitna al-Khawarij is a term the state uses for terrorists belonging to the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).