Pakistani militant involved in fatal attack on police killed: Officials

PESHAWAR: (Mar 20) A wanted militant allegedly involved in a fatal attack on police has been killed in northwest Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, officials said on Friday.

According to a statement issued by the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD), the joint operation by the CTD and district police was conducted late on Thursday in Paharpur tehsil of Dikhan district after receiving information about the presence of militants.

The slain militant was identified as Ahmad, who belonged to the Dotani tribe and was associated with the former Kachi militant group, it said.