Summary The operation took place in Sakhi Sarwar area of Dera Ghazi Khan.
DERA GHAZI KHAN (Web Desk) – Alleged Al-Qaeda commander and his three accomplices were killed in an intelligence-based operation in Punjab’s Dera Ghazi Khan district last night, Dunya News reported.
According to sources, suspected terrorist Salman Hassan alias Baloch was involved in attacks on religious places and Karachi’s Jinnah Hospital.
The operation was launched on a tip-off that some Al-Qaeda militants have arrived in Sakhi Sarwar area of DG Khan from Balochistan. During search operation in the area, security forces faced armed resistance. Four attackers including Al-Qaeda commander were killed in retaliation.
Another suspect managed to escape from the scene.
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Law Enforcement Agencies (LEAs) have intensified action against terrorists following the introduction earlier this year of the "National Action Plan" aimed at eliminating militancy inside the country after Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) gunmen massacred more than 150 people, most of them children, at a school in Peshawar in late 2014.
A year on from the launch of a major offensive to eradicate strongholds of Taliban and other militant groups in North Waziristan tribal area, the military says the job is 90 percent done.
The army says it has killed more than three thousand militants since the launch of the offensive - dubbed Zarb-e-Azb - last June, and destroyed hundreds of their hideouts.
