The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on Saturday that nine terrorists were eliminated in two separate intelligence-based operations (IBO) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Tank and Lakki Marwat districts. In a statement issued today, the military’s media wing said that nine khwarij belonging to Indian proxy Fitna Al Khawarij were killed on December 5. Fitna al Khawarij is a term the state uses for terrorists belonging to the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). It said an IBO was conducted in Tank on the reported presence of terrorists.
During the conduct of [the] operation, own troops effectively engaged the khawarij location, and after an intense fire exchange, seven khawarij were sent to hell,” the statement read. In a separate IBO conducted in Lakki Marwat, “two more khawarij were effectively neutralised by security forces”. ISPR said that weapons and ammunition were also recovered from the slain terrorists.