Security forces on Thursday arrested 22 Taliban during search operations in Swat district and Bajaur Agency.Also on Thursday, unidentified terrorists stormed the house of a tehsil nazim in Swat and killed his brother.
"Terrorists raided the house of tehsil nazim Muhammad Ali at Choga near Aloch, killing his brother and injuring his nephew and a neighbour," the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said. The security forces conducted a search operation in Kuza Bandai and arrested 11 suspected terrorists, as a Taliban commander, Bakht Jehan, surrendered to the forces at Chaharbagh. The forces also launched search operations in Swat's Qadar Kandao and Chate Kale areas and apprehended four Taliban and seized communication equipment.
The forces also recovered six suicide jackets, two drums and six bags filled with explosives, 24 time bombs and 24 toy bombs from Godiwala mountains in Lakki Marwat.
Meanwhile, the security forces in Bajaur destroyed the houses of two Taliban commanders and arrested six suspected Taliban, a senior official said.
"Today's operation is part of a continuous campaign for enforcement of writ of the state in the region," an official said.