Associated with TTP’s Intikhab Alam group, Hammad Zahir was a wanted extortionist and murderer
A key commander of Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan’s Intikhab Alam group was killed in an exchange of fire with security forces during an intelligence operation in Nowshera district on Saturday, December 6, 2025, police said.
The terrorist, identified as Hammad Zahir, a resident of Kahi Nizampur, was an active member of the TTP group, wanted by the Mardan Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) and Nowshera police for the targeted killing of constable Maqsood, murder, attempt to murder, extortion and other crimes.
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Police, together with the CTD Mardan region’s Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) team, were carrying out an intelligence-based search and attack operation in the Ghaibana Baba area when the suspects opened fire with automatic weapons, the statement said. The officers returned fire; The exchange continued for several minutes.
Zahir was killed on the spot while his accomplices managed to escape. After the shooting stopped, a search operation was carried out and his body was recovered.
Police said a Kalashnikov rifle, two magazines and various ammunition were recovered from the scene.
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The CTD said the operation was carried out under the directives of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Inspector General of Police Zulfiqar Hameed as part of ongoing efforts to root out militant networks in the province.
