At least eight suspected militants including a local Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) commander were killed by security forces in Ziarat district here on Friday morning. According to security sources, an operation was conducted in the Chotair area of Ziarat during which a TTP commander of Balochistan chapter named Najamuddin and another seven militants were killed.
Security forces also claimed to have recovered arms and ammunition from the possession of militants. Sources said that the deceased militants were involved in acts of kidnapping and other terrorist incidents in the area. They added that the militants who were killed appeared to be not locals. The incident has come a day after security forces and police picked up four militants from Quetta's Eastern Bypass area.
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