Six soldiers were martyred and 22 terrorists were eliminated in engagements in three districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the military’s media wing said on Saturday.
A statement from the Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) said the engagements took place on Friday and Saturday.
It said security forces foiled a terrorist attempt to attack a security post in Thall district and killed three. “However, during the intense fire exchange, six brave sons of soil, having fought gallantly, paid the ultimate sacrifice and embraced martyrdom,” the ISPR said.
The martyrs were Sepoy Nizamuddin, Naib Subedar Muhammad Khaliq, Havaldar Jadid Ali and Lance Naiks Shaheedur Rehman, Sifatullah and Wilayat Hussain.
In Tank district, it said an intelligence-based operation (IBO) was conducted by security forces in the Gul Imam area, during which nine terrorists were “sent to hell” while six others were injured.
In another operation in North Waziristan district, ten terrorists were “successfully neutralised”, the ISPR said.
It added that sanitisation operations were being conducted to eliminate any other terrorists found in the area. “Security forces of Pakistan are determined to wipe out the menace of terrorism and such sacrifices of our brave soldiers further strengthen our resolve,” the ISPR said.
The president and the prime minister issued separate statements praising the security forces for the operations while paying tribute to the martyred soldiers.
