Pakistan military captain and 10 militants killed in a safety raid within the northwest

DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan — Pakistani safety forces raided a militant hideout within the nation’s northwest on Thursday, triggering an intense gunbattle that left a military captain and 10 militants useless, the navy stated.

The raid was performed in Dera Ismail Khan, a district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, which borders Afghanistan, the navy stated in an announcement.

It recognized the slain officer as Capt. Hasnain Akhtar, saying he was main his troops from the entrance and after combating “gallantly” he “paid the final word sacrifice and was martyred.”

The navy additionally described the useless militants as “Khwarij,” a phrase the federal government makes use of for Pakistani Taliban, that are referred to as Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan or TTP, and are allies of the Afghan Taliban. TTP is a separate group and has been emboldened because the Afghan Taliban returned to energy in Afghanistan in 2021.