Bangladeshi man killed in Pakistani shootout ‘said he was going to Dubai’, family says

A Bangladeshi man reportedly killed in a shootout with security forces in Pakistan had left home a year and a half ago, according to his family. Seventeen members of the banned Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), were killed on Sept 26 in an operation in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Pakistani broadcaster Samaa TV reported that one of them was a Bangladeshi, though his name was not released. Relatives in Madaripur have identified him as Faisal Hossain after seeing a photo posted on X by Pakistani journalist Jawad Yousafzai and by Mahaz, a platform that monitors militant activity in and around Pakistan. Among the killed militants in Karak, one militant has been identified from Bangladesh. Security forces recovered Bangladeshi ID card, currency, and...