RAWALPINDI: The security forces eliminated eight khwarij (terrorists) in two separate operations in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Tank district and Tirah valley, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on Tuesday.
According to the military’s media wing, the engagements took place between January 12 and 13, with the first being an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in Tank district.
During the operation, the security forces “effectively engaged” the outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) terrorists’ location, as a result “six khwarij were sent to hell”.
Another encounter took place in the general area of Tirah Valley, Khyber district, where the troops successfully neutralised two khwarij.
Sanitisation operations, the ISPR mentioned, were being conducted to eliminate any other terrorists found in the area, as security forces remain determined to wipe-out the menace of terrorism from the country.
The statement comes just a day after the army revealed that it had eliminated as many as 27 terrorists during an IBO in Balochistan’s Kacchi district.