Image Source : AP Security officers guard a blocked highway resulting in a counter-terrorism centre after safety forces beginning to clear the compound seized earlier by Pakistani Taliban militants in Bannu.
Pakistan hostage disaster: Nearly three days after the Talibani militants seized the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) constructing in Pakistan’s Bannu, it has been freed on Tuesday following a army operation. According to a report by the Pakistani English each day, Dawn, not less than 25 Afghani militants have been killed whereas three safety forces misplaced their lives through the operation.
The main growth got here following an entire seizure of the CTD constructing by the detained Talibani militants. As per Pakistani media, one of many detained militants snatched an AK-47 gun from an interrogator and subsequently freed his different inmates. Later, they took hostage a number of CTD officers and demanded a free escape to Afghanistan.
Pakistan rejects the demand of Talibani militants
However, the CTD officers denied their demand and began an operation towards the militants. Speaking to Geo News, Inter-Services Public Relations Director General Maj-Gen Ahmed Sharif stated that 33 terrorists have been below investigation within the CTD compound on December 18.
“Our forces surrounded the entire area and thwarted any attempt by the terrorists to escape. In the last 48 hours, there were all-out attempts for an unconditional surrender from the terrorists who were demanding safe passage to go to Afghanistan,” Dawn quoted the final as saying.
According to the highest army official, not less than 25 militants have been eradicated and three safety personnel have been killed through the incident.
Earlier on Sunday, video clips of the incident additionally went viral during which one of many militants was allegedly seen holding a safety official at gunpoint whereas one other video reveals a safety official critically injured.
TTP claims police officers have inhuman attitudes
Earlier, the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) stays steadfast with the demand of wanting the protected passage of the TTP prisoners both to South or North Waziristan tribal districts. It stated the angle of the safety forces because the starting of the standoff signifies that they don’t seem to be prepared to just accept their calls for and are adamant about launching operations.
A TTP spokesman, Muhammad Khurasani, stated on Monday that they took this step after reviews of inhuman attitudes of the safety officers with their prisoners within the CTD police station. The TTP, arrange as an umbrella group of a number of militant outfits in 2007, final month referred to as off a ceasefire agreed upon with the federal authorities in June and ordered its militants to stage terrorist assaults throughout the nation.
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