location: Swat
notes: Notorious militant and Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) financier Bakhat Raj alias Asadullah was killed in an intelligence-led operation in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Swat region. A security official, on condition of anonymity, told media that Bakhat Raj financed the group's terrorist activities in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Buner district and the port city of Karachi. Security forces are carrying out intelligence-driven operations across Pakistan during which a number of important militants have been rounded up.
target_text: location: Swat, fatalities: 1