ISLAMABAD, Jan 15 (NNN-APP) – A terrorist was killed and two others were arrested, during an exchange of fire with security forces, in Pakistan’s north-west Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the military said yesterday.
The security forces conducted an intelligence-based operation in North Waziristan district of the province, the army’s media wing, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said, in a statement.
The operation was carried out upon confirmed reports of terrorists’ presence in the area, said the ISPR statement.
Weapons and ammunition were recovered from the possession of the terrorists, it said.
An area clearance operation is in progress, to hunt down any other terrorist in the area, it said.
Separately, a soldier was killed, in a check post attack, in Bannu district of the province, the Pakistani military said, in another statement yesterday.– NNN-APP
