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Two terrorists were eliminated by security forces during an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa\u2019s Mardan district, Dawn website reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pakistani government confirmed Monday that separate counterterrorism raids near the Afghan border within the past week had killed two senior leaders of a regional Islamic State affiliate known as Islamic State-Khorasan (IS-K).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One terrorist ringleader, Abu Hamza, had plotted two back-to-back bomb attacks against campaign gatherings in Qila Saifullah and the nearby Pishin border districts on the eve of national elections held last Thursday, while the other, Surat Gul, was involved in \u201cnumerous terrorist activities including [the] target killing of innocent civilians\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Two terrorists were eliminated by security forces during an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa\u2019s Mardan district, Dawn website reported. Pakistani government confirmed Monday that separate counterterrorism raids near the Afghan border within the past week had killed two senior leaders of a regional Islamic State affiliate known as Islamic State-Khorasan (IS-K). One terrorist ringleader, …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":101340,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_108372464460192_245495985553329":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[6610],"class_list":["post-101339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan","tag-anti-terrorism-operation"],"yoast_head":"\n