A group of militants attacked the Pakistani Rangers troops in the Manghopir area in the province of Sindh. The security forces opened retaliatory fire killing six assailants, the Dunya News broadcaster reported. Five more terrorists were killed during the subsequent search operation.
Seven militants were eliminated in a separate incident in the Sindh’s Kathore area, the media outlet said.
Following the Thursday terror attack, Pakistan closed its border with Afghanistan over security concerns.
Another clash reportedly took place in the Khyber Agency of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas region near the Pakistan-Afghan border leaving two Rangers injured and three terrorists killed.
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IBOs and combining ops across the country including Punjab. Over 100 Ts killed besides sizeable apprehensions during last 24 hours. pic.twitter.com/hVrzRFTSrr
— Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor (@OfficialDGISPR) February 17, 2017
In the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province’s capital of Peshawar, three militants were eliminated after they opened fire as their car had been stopped by security personnel. Other 12 militants were killed in separate incidents in the Balochistan province’s capital of Quetta, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s cities of Dera Ismail Khan and Bannu as well as in Orakzai Agency in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas.
Following the Thursday terror attack, Pakistan closed its border with Afghanistan over security concerns.
Pakistan-Afghanistan Border closed with immediate effects till further orders due to security reasons.
— Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor (@OfficialDGISPR) February 16, 2017
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Earlier on Friday, Maj. Gen. Asif Ghafoor, spokesperson of Pakistan Armed Forces, said that officials from the Afghan embassy were given a list of 76 terrorists wanted by Islamabad.