PESHAWAR (Pajhwok): Five Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) personnel were killed during a raid in Pakistan’s Gilgit Baltistan province on Tuesday, a police official said.
A fierce exchange of fire took place when the commandos tried to raid a house in Chilas district, a police spokesman said.
Two militants were also killed and a cache of weapons and explosives recovered as a result of the firefight that lasted several hours, the police spokesman said.
Meanwhile, the caretaker chief minister of Gilgit Baltistan said the raid . . .
