PESHAWAR: At least 15 militants and two soldiers have been killed in two separate gun battles in a relatively peaceful district of Pakistan just northwest of the capital Islamabad, officials said Wednesday.
The two raids took place in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province's Swabi district, which is just 100 kilometres (60 miles) northwest Islamabad.
Soldiers on Tuesday conducted a raid on a village in the district, triggering a gunfight.
"During exchange of fire Capt Junaid and Sepoy Amjad embraced martyrdom," said a military statement, adding: "Five terrorists killed during the operation."
Security forces stormed a second compound in a nearby village on Wednesday, killing 10 militants, a senior security official told AFP.
No details regarding the second shootout have yet been released, but the incident came to light after police and security forces brought 10 bullet riddled bodies to a local hospital.
"They were militants and killed during an intelligence based operation," the senior security official told AFP.
ISPR announced the launch of a nationwide anti-terrorist operation in the wake of the violence last month.
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