The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police along with sister security agencies has arrested key terrorist and facilitator in Swat.
Addressing a news conference in Swat on Monday, Inspector General Police Akhtar Hayat Gandapur said, arrested terrorist named Rafiullah alias Jawad was involved in target killings, extortion in Charbagh, Manglore and Malam Jabba areas of Swat.
Giving the details about the arrest of two TTP operatives, the KP IG said police launched an operation on the information of the presence of terrorists on May 23 in Buner.
A citizen was martyred by the terrorists, while an Elite Force personnel named Waqar Khan sustained wounds in the action, the IG said.
Akhtar Hayyat Khan further said Asmatullah was trying to provide safe passage to the TTP operatives. The group was active in Charbagh and Mangalore. Rafiullah along with his family moved to Afghanistan in 2012 and he returned to Pakistan, last year, after the formation of TTP Swat group.
Earlier on May 24, security forces gunned down six terrorists in an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in South Waziristan district, said ISPR.
The security forces conducted an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in the general area Kot Azam, South Waziristan District.