RAWALPINDI: At least two terrorists were killed and one was arrested during an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in the general area of Kalachi in Dera Ismail Khan, the military’s media wing said in a statement on Monday.
According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), security forces conducted an operation on December 9 (today) following information about the reported presence of Khawarij [terrorists].
Furthermore, the ISPR added, “weapons and ammunition were also recovered from these terrorists who remained actively involved in terrorist activities against the security forces as well as target killing of innocent civilians”.
“A sanitization operation is being carried out to eliminate any other outsiders found in the area, as Pakistan’s security forces are determined to eradicate the menace of terrorism from the country,” the ISPR read.
Earlier on Decemebr 7, at least 6 soldiers were martyred and 22 terrorists killed in three separate encounters in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Tank, North Waziristan, and Thall districts from December 6 to 7.
As per the ISPR statement, troops effectively engaged the terrorists’ location during an IBO on their reported presence in the Gul Imam area of the Tank district, resulting in the elimination of 9 terrorists while six others got injured.
In another operation, security forces successfully eliminated 10 khawarij in North Waziristan.
Similarly, in a third engagement, the security forces thwarted terrorists’ attempt to attack a check post in Thall district, which resulted in the killing of three more terrorists. However, six soldiers, having fought gallantly, paid the sacrifice and embraced shahadat during the intense exchange of fire, the statement read.
