On 24-25 April 2024, security forces conducted an intelligence based operation in Khyber District, Terah valley on reported presence of terrorists here on Thursday.
KPK: Three terrorists were sent to hell by Sec Forces in Khyber Distt. According to the inter service public reaction, During the conduct of operation, intense fire exchange took place between own troops and terrorists, as a result of which three terrorists were sent to hell including Terrorist ringleader Sohail @Azmato and Terrorist ringleader Haji Gul @Zarkavi. Terrorists’ hideout was also busted during the operation. ISPR told.
In a conducting of intelligence based operations, Weapons and ammunition were also recovered from the killed terrorists, who remained actively involved in numerous terrorist activities in the area ISPR added.
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Locals of the area appreciated the operation and Sanitization operation is being carried out to eliminate any other terrorist found in the area as security forces are determined to wipe out the menace of terrorism from the country.
Khyber District is a district in the Peshawar Division of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. Until 2018, it was an agency of the erstwhile Federally Administered Tribal Areas. With the merger of FATA with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in 2018, it became a district. It ranges from the Tirah valley down to Peshawar. It borders Nangarhar Province to the west, Orakzai District to the south, Kurram District to southwest, Peshawar to the east and Mohmand District to the north.
The major clans in the District Khyber are Shinwari, Afridi, Mulagori and Shalmani. Nevertheless, the majority of the population are Afridis.
All Afridi clans have their own areas in the Tirah Valley, and most of them extend down into the Khyber Pass over which they have always exercised the right of toll. The Malikdin Khel live in the centre of the Tirah and hold Bagh, the traditional meeting place of Afridi jirgas or assemblies. The Aka Khel are scattered in the hills south of Jamrud. All of this area is included in the Khyber Agency. The Adam Khel live in the hills between Peshawar and Kohat. Their preserve is the Kohat Pass in which several of the most important Afridi gun factories are located.
