Peshawar : Security forces killed at least eight terrorists in an encounter that broke out during an intelligence-based operation in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's South Waziristan district, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the military's media wing, said.
The intelligence-based operation (IBO) was conducted in the district's Sararogha area based on the reported presence of terrorists. During the operation, there was an intense exchange of fire between the troops and terrorists. Eight terrorists were eliminated in the operation, the ISPR said.
The killed terrorists remained actively involved in numerous terrorist activities against the security forces as well as innocent civilians. Arms, ammunition and explosives were also recovered from them, it said. It added that a sanitisation operation was underway in the area to eliminate any other terrorists as the security forces are determined to wipe out the menace of terrorism from the country, it said.
Earlier last week, two soldiers were killed after an improvised explosive device (IED) exploded on a security forces convoy in the Razmak area of KP's North Waziristan district. In a separate incident last week, the ISPR had said that a soldier was killed in an IED blast in North Waziristan, while separate IBOs in Dera Ismail Khan and South Waziristan districts had left at least three terrorists dead.
Notably, Pakistan has witnessed an uptick in terror activities in recent months, especially in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan, after the banned outfit Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan ended its ceasefire with the government last year, according to Dawn. In September, data compiled by the Pakistan Institute for Conflict and Security Studies said the number of militant attacks in August was the highest tally for monthly strikes in almost nine years. (with agency inputs)
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