PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Security forces raided a Pakistani Taliban hideout on the outskirts of the northwestern city of Peshawar on Wednesday, triggering a gunfight that left four police officers and three insurgents dead, police said.
Militant commander Abdul Rahim was among those killed in the attack in the town of Matani, local police officer Ashfaq Khan said.
Raheem is wanted by law enforcement agencies and a reward of 6 million rupees has been offered for his arrest, the army said in a statement.
The military said Raheem “remains actively involved in a number of terrorist activities” and was also responsible for the “martyrdom” of Army Captain Hussain Jahangir Shahid and another soldier in an attack in May.
Two police officers and two soldiers were killed in a gun battle with the militants.
There was no immediate comment from the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), an ally of the Afghan Taliban.
The TTP has stepped up attacks on security forces since the Afghan Taliban seized power in neighboring Afghanistan in 2021.
Pakistani officials frequently accuse Afghanistan’s Taliban government of providing safe haven for TTP fighters, a charge Kabul denies. The TTP denies using Afghan territory to launch attacks in Pakistan.
Peshawar is the capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, which borders Afghanistan.
This version corrects the spelling of the name of the place where the attack on Mahtani took place.
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