13 terrorists killed in foiled infiltration attempts along Afghanistan border: ISPR
- Says sanitisation operations are ongoing in the areas to eliminate any remaining terrorists
Pakistan’s security forces killed 13 terrorists in two separate operations while foiling infiltration attempts along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in the northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the military’s media wing said on Thursday.
According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the incidents took place on April 28-29 in Mohmand and North Waziristan districts.
In the first operation in Mohmand, security forces detected the movement of a group of terrorists attempting to cross into Pakistan. Troops engaged them effectively, killing eight terrorists during the exchange of fire.
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In a separate incident in North Waziristan, another infiltration attempt was thwarted, with five terrorists killed after an intense gun battle, the ISPR said.
The ISPR said sanitisation operations are ongoing in the areas to eliminate any remaining terrorists.
It added that security forces remain committed to defending the country’s borders and will continue counter-terrorism operations under the “Azm-e-Istehkam” campaign to eliminate what it called foreign-sponsored terrorism.
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