ISLAMABAD, Feb 10 (NNN-APP) – Seven militants were killed, when the Pakistani army conducted two operations in the country’s north-western Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the military said in a statement, yesterday.
The operations were launched Saturday night and yesterday morning, on tip-offs, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the media wing of the Pakistani army said, in the statement.
In the operation in Dera Ismail Khan, three militants, including a key operative, were killed, and two others were wounded.
In a separate operation in the North Waziristan district, security forces killed four more militants during an exchange of fire, with three others sustaining injuries, the ISPR said.
The statement added that, the security forces are conducting further search and clearance operations in the areas, to eliminate any remaining militants.– NNN-APP