Three Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants were killed in an encounter with the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) personnel in Kangar Gali area of Jowar in Buner District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on June 23, reports Dawn. According to the CTD, they received information from their secret sources about the presence of militants in a mountainous area of Jowar. “Following the information, the CTD police reached the area where the terrorists started firing on them. The police retaliated the fire, killing all the three terrorists,” said a statement issued by the CTD, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The dead militants were identified as Usama Khan, Idrees and Najeebullah, all belonging to Dadahara area of Kabal tehsil (revenue unit) in Swat District. “They were equipped with heavy arms and planning to attack security forces. They were involved in targeted killings of PML-N leader advocate Feroz Shah and a police constable in Swat,” the statement said, adding that heavy arms were recovered from their possession.