The security forces have killed eight terrorists in two separate engagements in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on Tuesday.
The engagements took place between January 12-13, mentioned the military’s media wing in a statement, with the first being an intelligence-based operation in Tank district.
During the operation, the security forces “effectively engaged” the outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan’s (TTP) — khwarij — location and resultantly, six terrorists “were sent to hell”.
In another encounter that took place in the general area of Tirah Valley, Khyber district, where the troops successfully neutralised two khwarij.
Sanitisation operations, the ISPR mentioned, are 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.
