Two terrorists were killed by security forces during an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in the Mir Ali area of North Waziristan tribal district, the military\u2019s media affairs wing said on Saturday.<\/p>\n
According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), during the IBO, an intense fire exchange took place between the army troops and terrorists.<\/p>\n
\u201cResultantly, two terrorists got killed, including Commander Khabaib Alias Bilal of the Hafiz Gul Bahadur Group.\u201d<\/p>\n
The ISPR said that weapons and ammunition were also recovered from the site, elaborating that terrorists remained actively involved in terror activities against security forces, preparation of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and killing of innocent citizens.<\/p>\n
\u201cTerrorist Commander Khabaib was also involved in a suicide attack on security forces convoy in Mir Ali in August 2022,\u201d the statement added.<\/p>\n
Last week, a Pakistan Army soldier embraced martyrdom in Lower Dir as militants stepped up attacks against security forces in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.<\/p>\n
Separately, two army soldiers also lost their lives in Harnai, Balochistan the same day during a gun battle with terrorists.<\/p>\n
The ISPR had said the terrorists\u2019 fire raided a security forces post in Harnai\u2019s Khost area on late Saturday night which was successfully repulsed by soldiers, and during the exchange of fire, two soldiers were martyred.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Two terrorists were killed by security forces during an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in the Mir Ali area of North Waziristan tribal district, the military\u2019s media affairs wing said on Saturday. According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), during the IBO, an intense fire exchange took place between the army troops and terrorists. \u201cResultantly, two terrorists […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":278453,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4],"tags":[694,2157,3039,1710],"class_list":{"0":"post-278451","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-national","8":"tag-ispr","9":"tag-north-waziristan","10":"tag-security-forces","11":"tag-terrorists"},"yoast_head":"\n