RAWALPINDI:
Security forces killed 11 terrorists in four separate engagements in North Waziristan and Dera Ismail Khan districts of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a press release on Thursday.
“On March 26-27, eleven Khwarij were killed by the security forces in four separate engagements in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province,” the ISPR said, referring to the terrorists belonging to the outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).
“An intelligence based operation was conducted by the Security Forces in general area [of] Mir Ali, North Waziristan District. During the conduct of operation, own troops effectively engaged the khwarij location and resultantly, five khwarij were sent to hell,” the media wing of the military stated.
“In a second operation conducted in same general area, three more khwarij were successfully neutralized by own troops. In another encounter that took place in general area [of] Miran Shah, North Waziristan District, own troops effectively neutralized two khwarij.”
In fourth operation in the general area of Daraban in Dera Ismail Khan district, the ISPR said, “one kharji was sent to hell”. The press release added: “Weapons and ammunition were also recovered from the killed khwarij, who remained actively involved in numerous terrorist activities.”
According to the ISPR, sanitisation operations were being conducted to eliminate any other terrorist found in the area as “the security forces of Pakistan are determined to wipe out the menace of terrorism” from the country.
