A brief statement issued by the CTD on Saturday said the operation was conducted upon information about the presence of an gang that was busy planning terrorist attacks in the country.
Three gunnies were killed after an exchange of intense gunfire, while another two or three managed to escape taking advantage of the darkness.
The CTD statement said that some arms and ammunitions were seized during the operation.
Two of the killed suspects were identified as Ikramullah alias Muhsin, and Mursala Khan alias Qari alias Irshad.
According to APP, the faceless myrmidons belonged to the banned murderous Moslem Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not
reallyMoslems....
group, also known by its Arabic acronym as ISIS.
The CTD team recovered three Kalashnikovs, 12 magazines, three hand-grenades and other weapons from their possession.
Police started search operation in the area to arrest the fleeing terrorists.