Rawalpindi (Web Desk): The security forces have killed three Khwarij in an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in Tank district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP).
According to Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR), the operation was conducted on the reported presence of Khwarij and during the conduct of operation, own troops effectively engaged the Khwarij location.
“Weapons and ammunition were also recovered from the killed Khwarij, who remained actively involved in numerous terrorist activities against the Security Forces as well as innocent civilians,” the statement said.
The military’s media wing said that sanitization operation is being conducted to eliminate any other Kharji found in the area.
“The security forces of Pakistan are determined to wipe out the menace of terrorism from the country,” the ISPR said.
President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif have commended the security forces for eliminating three Khwarij during an operation in district Tank.
In their separate messages, they said that whole nation stood with the security forces in the war against terrorism.
The president said that operations against terrorists would continue till the complete eradication of the menace of terrorism.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif appreciated the security forces for carrying out a successful operation against Fitna-al-Khawarij in Tank district
The prime minister paid tribute to the security forces for killing three terrorists during the operation.
He said that the entire nation was standing with security forces in war against terrorism.
“We are fully determined to completely root out terrorism from the country,” PM Shehbaz said.