ISLAMABAD, Oct 5 (NNN-APP) – Pakistani military forces killed seven terrorists in two separate encounters, in the country’s north-western Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the military said yesterday.
The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the media wing of the Pakistani military, said in a statement that, in the first incident, terrorists opened fire on a military convoy in the Hassan Khel area of the provincial capital of Peshawar.
“Troops initiated a prompt response, effectively engaged and killed three terrorists,” said the ISPR, adding that, two soldiers also lost their lives during the exchange of fire.
The ISPR said that weapons and ammunition were seized from the dead terrorists.
In the second encounter, security personnel shot dead four terrorists, in an exchange of fire, in the Tank district of the province, the ISPR said.– NNN-APP
