On April 20, the Taliban detained three individuals, including former National Directorate of Security (NDS) official Issa Khan and his son Najibullah, as well as Khwaja Meer Mujahid, head of the Kabul Powerlifting Federation, from their respective homes in the Khairkhana area in Kabul District of Kabul Province, reports Hasht-e Subh Daily. Abdul Hamid Khorasani, a commander of the “Badri 313 Battalion,” said on his ‘X’ (Twitter) account that he had detained 35 members of the “Afghanistan Green Trend (AGT).” However, sources indicate that the detainees have no party affiliation but were detained due to their “association with Amrullah Saleh,” the former Vice President of Afghanistan.
On April 22, a Kuki-Chin National Front (KCNF) operative was killed in a raid by an Army patrol team in the remote Munlai Para area in Ruma Upazila (Sub-District) in Bandarban District of Chittagong Division, reports The Daily Star. A notification from the Inter-Services Public Relations Directorate (ISPR), signed by Assistant Director Rashedul Alam Khan, stated that the Army team also recovered arms, ammunition, and equipment used by the outfit.
An 18-year-old youth was blown to pieces in a Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) triggered Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast in Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh on April 20, reports The Times of India. The body lay there for nearly three days as villagers were terrified of informing Police. The victim, Gadia, was walking down a forest path from a neighbouring village to his home in Mutvandi when he stepped on a camouflaged pressure IED. The explosion was heard in the village. Locals went to investigate and found Gadia dead; his body mangled.
A suspected Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadre, identified as Guddu Kawasi, who was carrying INR 100,000 reward on his head, was killed in an encounter with security personnel in Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh on April 21, reports Hindustan Times. Bijapur superintendent of police (SP) Jitendra Yadav said that the gunfight took place in a forest near Keshkutul village under Bhairamgarh Police Station area on April 21 morning. “A team of the District Reserve Guard (DRG) was out on an anti-Naxal [Left Wing extremism, LWE] operation after we got information that the division supply team commander of Maoists, Kawasi Pandaru, and 15-20 other cadres were in Keshkutul-Keshmundi forests,” said Yadav. “When we reached the spot, the Maoists started firing and the encounter started. After the exchange of fire stopped, the body of a Maoist, a weapon and explosives were recovered from the spot,” the SP said.
On April 22, unidentified two militants killed a social welfare department (SWD) government employee, identified as Mohammad Razaq (40), while he came out of a mosque in the shadra sharief area in Rajouri District of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), reports Daily Excelsior.
On April 22, Assam Rifles launched an operation inKangkum village in Kamjong District of Manipur and arrested five hardcore cadres affiliated with Kanglei Yaol Kanna Lup (KYKL), People’s Revolutionary Pary of Kangleipak (PREPAK) and National Socialist Council of Nagaland -Issak Muivah (NSCN-IM), reports Northeast Now.
On April 22, Police busted an inter-state drug smuggling gang with the arrest of three out of four, identified as Gurjant Singh, Simarjit Singh, and Jaspreet, While Harpal successfully absconded, also recovered 8.30 kilograms of heroin in Pathankot District of Punjab, reports The Tribune. According to the police, they do drug smuggling to Punjab from Jammu and Kashmir.
On April 22, the Border Security Force (BSF) shared information on the social media platform ‘X’, formerly 'Twitter', that troops had successfully recovered one drone (the DJI Mavic 3 Classic) in a farming field adjacent to Wan village in Amritsar District of Punjab.
Six Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres, including three women cadres, from Dandakaranya special zonal committee, who were involved in two of the biggest massacres of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel, surrendered before Police in Alluri Sitarama Raju District in Andhra Pradesh on April 22, reports The Times of India. Those who surrendered are Khuram Mithilesh alias Raju (37), ‘South Bastar divisional committee member’ and ‘secretary’ of Kistaram area committee; Barse Masa (30), Vetti Bheema alias Raju (32), Vanjam Rame (all area committee members), Madkam Sukki (27), and Dudi Sony (23). Masa, Bheema, and Sukki. They were reportedly involved in the 2017 Bhejji and Burkapal attacks, in which 12 and 25 CRPF personnel lost their lives in the ambush in Sukma District of Chhattisgarh.
On April 21-22, ten terrorists were killed in Intelligent Based Operation (IBO) in D.I. Khan District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), reports The Khorasan Dairy on April 22.The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said that Arms & ammunition were also recovered from terrorists' possession.
In another Intelligence-Based Operation (IBO), Security Forces (SFs) engaged the terrorists' location, resulting in the killing of a terrorist in the North Waziristan District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), reports the Khorasan Dairy.
On April 22, two terrorists were killed and four Levies Personnel were injured following a heavy exchange of fire, which lasted for an hour in the Sanzalai mountain range of Pishin District in Balochistan, reports Dawn.Pishin Deputy Commissioner (DC), Jumma Dad Mandokhail, stated the operation against the terrorists in the area is ongoing and will continue until they are "completely eliminated," he added.