ISLAMABAD: Pakistani troops have killed 55 militants in various parts of the Swat valley during the last 24 hours, the military said on Friday.
‘Fifty-five miscreants have been killed in various areas of Swat during the last 24 hours while three security forces personnel embraced shahdat (martyrdom) and 11 others were injured,’ it said in a statement.
‘We have confirmed reports that these Taliban terrorists after shaving off their beards and cutting their hair are fleeing from the area,’ it said.
'We request the people of Swat to identify them,' it said, while providing a telephone number for informants to call or send text messages.
Security forces also arrested an important Taliban commander, Dawa Noor, it added.
It said that Noor was involved in ‘terrorist activities’ in the Sultanwas and Daggar areas of Buner district and had been inciting residents against security forces.
Noor also played a ‘crucial role’ in facilitating the takeover of Buner district by Taliban last month.
The on-going operation against Taliban militants was launched on May 7.
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