An Army major was killed during an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in Shakhas area of Khyber District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on July 5, reports Dawn. The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said that Security Forces (SFs) had conducted an IBO in the night after receiving reports about the presence of terrorists. The dead Major was identified as Mian Abdullah Shah (33), a resident of Kohat. “Three terrorists and their facilitators were apprehended. Sanitisation of the area is being carried out to eliminate the terrorists present in the area,” the ISPR said.