The security forces on Saturday killed terrorist commander Ghafoor alias Jaleel during an Intelligence Based Operation (IBO) in Bajur district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, said Inter-Services Public Relations (|SPR) in a statement.

According to ISPR, the terrorist commander Ghafoor alias Jaleel was a close associate of Moulvi Faqir Muhammad and was involved in many terrorist activities.

During an exchange of fire, one soldier was also injured, it added.

In another clearance operation carried out by security forces today, two terrorists were killed in the Boya area of North Waziristan district, said ISPR.

Terrorists were spotted fleeing from Mohammad khel Village towards Vezda Sar and killed during an exchange of fire, the army’s media wing said in a statement.