Pakistani Army officials say 25 Islamist militants and three security officers were killed when special forces raided a counterterrorism police center in the northwestern city of Bannu on December 20 in an operation to retake the compound. Army spokesman Major General Ahmad Sharif Chaudhary said in an interview with Pakistan's Urdu-language private television Geo News that seven militants surrendered in the battle. Bannu is located in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the restive northwestern Pakistani province that shares a border with Afghanistan. To read the original story from RFE/RL's Mashaal Radio, click here.
Pakistani Army Says 25 Militants Killed In Raid To Retake Compound
Pakistani soldiers stand guard on a road leading to the cantonment area in Bannu on December 20.