{"id":18148,"date":"2026-05-17T01:56:37","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T01:56:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/weeklyyoung.pk\/?p=18148"},"modified":"2026-05-17T01:56:37","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T01:56:37","slug":"bannu-police-kill-five-militants-after-launching-operation-in-district","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/weeklyyoung.pk\/?p=18148","title":{"rendered":"Bannu police kill five militants after launching operation in district"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BANNU: Police have killed a highly wanted commander involved in the suicide attack on Fateh Khel Police Post along with his accomplice during \u201cOperation Intiqam-e-Shuhada\u201d (Operation Revenge of the Martyrs).<\/p>\n<p>The police claim to have eliminated five terrorists within the last 24 hours.<\/p>\n<p>At least 15 police personnel were martyred last week after a suicide attack on the Fateh Khel police post in Bannu district. The terrorists launched their attack on the post by ramming a vehicle laden with explosives.<\/p>\n<p>Under the special directives of RPO Sajjad Khan, Bannu Police have intensified decisive operations against militants across the district. Following the attack on a police post, multiple intelligence-based operations (IBOs) were carried out in the district.<\/p>\n<p>According to police officials, the killed militants include Hiyatullah, a key target killer of the Zargul group; Asad Yar, who was involved in the attack on Checkpost Fateh Khel; along with Nimatullah, Commander Mansoor, and one unidentified militant.<\/p>\n<p>Police further claimed that the slain terrorists were involved in multiple attacks on security forces, the Counter-Terrorism Department and civilians.<\/p>\n<p>The operations were conducted by specialised police teams under the close supervision of RPO Bannu, using modern intelligence and effective tactical strategies.<\/p>\n<p>Bannu Police said that there is no space left for militants and their facilitators in the district, adding that operations will continue until lasting peace is fully restored.<\/p>\n<p>A militant body was tied to an armored vehicle and paraded through the city as a warning and to serve as an example.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, civil society and local residents praised Bannu Police for their successful operations and commitment to maintaining law and order in the area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BANNU: Police have killed a highly wanted commander involved in the suicide attack on Fateh Khel Police Post along with his accomplice during \u201cOperation Intiqam-e-Shuhada\u201d (Operation Revenge of the Martyrs). The police claim to have eliminated five terrorists within the last 24 hours. At least 15 police personnel were martyred last week after a suicide [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18149,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-court-and-crime"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/weeklyyoung.pk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/weeklyyoung.pk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/weeklyyoung.pk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weeklyyoung.pk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weeklyyoung.pk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18148"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/weeklyyoung.pk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18148\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18150,"href":"https:\/\/weeklyyoung.pk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18148\/revisions\/18150"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weeklyyoung.pk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/18149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/weeklyyoung.pk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weeklyyoung.pk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weeklyyoung.pk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}