Two soldiers were martyred and 14 terrorists were killed during an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in North Waziristan district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the military’s media wing said on Saturday.
According to a statement issued by Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), in continuation of a series of IBOs being conducted by security forces, multiple khwarij locations were engaged in the general areas of Mir Ali, Datta Khel and surrounding areas in North Waziristan.
“Following fierce fire exchanges, in last twelve hours, 12 khwarij, including two Afghan nationals belonging to Indian-sponsored Fitna al Khwarij were sent to hell in Ali Khel, while two khwarij each were neutralised in Mir Ali and Datta Khel, thereby causing a significant blow to the khwarijs’ network operating in the area,” ISPR said.
Fitna al Khawarij is a term used by the state for terrorists belonging to the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).
ISPR said that during the operations, 43-year-old Havildar Asmat Ali and 32-year-old Naik Aftab Ali embraced martyrdom.
“Weapons and ammunition were also recovered from the killed Indian-sponsored khwarij, who remained actively involved in numerous terrorist activities, including the killing of innocent civilians,” it said.
The statement said that sanitisation operations would continue to eliminate “remaining holed up khwarij from these areas”, adding that the counterterrorism campaign would continue at full pace to wipe out the menace of foreign sponsored terrorism from the country.
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Source: dawn
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