Pakistan: 59 suspected militants nabbed in raid near Islamabad

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Private media footage showed the weapons recovered during the raid. The raid was part of efforts to eliminate militants, their financiers and facilitators from the country under the National Action Plan launched earlier this year.

Interior Minister Nisar Ali Khan said this week that so far more than 11,000 operations have been conducted since January to eliminate militancy.

Pakistani security forces on Saturday raided a compound near the capital and arrested at least 59 suspected militants, authorities said. Elite police led by intelligence agencies and backed up by paramilitary Rangers searched a compound in Tarnol area near Islamabad in the early morning swoop.

Private media footage showed the weapons recovered during the raid. The raid was part of efforts to eliminate militants, their financiers and facilitators from the country under the National Action Plan launched earlier this year.

Interior Minister Nisar Ali Khan said this week that so far more than 11,000 operations have been conducted since January to eliminate militancy.

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