ISLAMABAD, Apr 6 (NNN-APP) – Eight terrorists and a Pakistani soldier were killed, during an intelligence-based military operation, in Pakistan’s north-western Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the military said in a statement.
The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the media wing of the Pakistan Army, said yesterday that, security forces conducted the operation in the Shinwarsak area of the province’s South Waziristan district.
“During the conduct of the operation, intense fire exchange took place,” the ISPR statement said, adding that, the killed terrorists included a commander.
During the intense exchange of fire, a soldier lost his life, while another four security force members, including two officers, got injured, the ISPR said.
The killed terrorists had been actively involved in terrorist activities against security forces and killing of innocent citizens, it added. Weapons and ammunition were seized from the killed terrorists, according to the ISPR.
