The terrorists were killed in retaliatory action. PHOTO: EXPRESSThe Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) and security forces have eliminated four terrorists belonging to banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) during an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s Nowshera district. According to a statement issued by the CTD late Friday, the terrorists were killed in retaliatory action after they opened indiscriminate firing on the raiding teams. The official statement said CTD Mardan Region’s raiding team received information that a group of terrorists was planning a major operation in Jaruba area of Nowshera district. Acting on a tip-off, the CTD teams started operation in the area and killed four terrorists in an exchange of fire with the militants.
