... the Pearl of Pashtunistan ...
and North Wazoo districts on Tuesday.
Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa police’s Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) said an operation was launched on a tip-off about the presence of gunnies near the Bhagwani area within the limits of the Dera Town cop shoppe.
The CTD statement added that the gunnies opened fire on law enforcement personnel as they closed in on the location, the festivities commenced in earnest.
The firing left two gunnies dead two while three managed to escape. The dear departed were identified as Akhtar Munir and Abdul Aziz and they were wanted by the D.I. Khan CTD in several terrorism cases, according to the statement.
The gunnies belonged to the Gandapur faction of the outlawed Tehrik-e-Taliban
...the Pashtun equivalent of men...Pakistain.
Two AK-47 rifles, four hand grenades and six magazines were recovered from the hard boys’ possession.
In a separate operation in the Khajori Pul area of North Waziristan’s Mir Ali tehsil, two alleged gunnies were killed while three were maimed.
Sources said injured gunnies managed to escape and security forces have launched a search operation in the area. Arms and explosives were also recovered from the hard boys’ possession.