Daesh commander killed in Khyber shoot-out.

PESHAWAR -- A senior commander of the outlawed Islamic State (IS) was killed and three others were arrested in injured condition during a joint operation of the Counter Terrorism Department and security forces in the Jamrud tehsil of Khyber district early on Monday. An official of the CTD said that one Jawan was martyred during the operation, and a captain was also injured. The operation was launched in response to a tip-off about the presence of militants in Jamrud's Ghareeza area who were planning a major terrorist attack in Peshawar. When CTD and security forces surrounded the house where the terrorists were hiding, the miscreants opened fire on security personnel, martyring one Jawan and injuring another. The exchange of fire between security forces and militants lasted for three hours, after which a search and clearance operation was launched. During the...

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