Rawalpindi (Web Desk): Security forces killed at least six terrorists during an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s (KP) Karak district, the military’s media wing said on Friday.
According to a statement issued by Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the operation was conducted on the reported presence of terrorists.
“During the conduct of the operation, own troops effectively engaged the khwarij location, resultantly, six khwarij were sent to hell,” the statement said.
The military’s media wing added that a sanitisation operation was conducted to eliminate any other militant found in the area.
“Security forces 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 killing six Khwarij in Karak.
In their separate messages, the president and the premier reiterated resolve to continue the fight against the menace of terrorism until its complete eradication from the country.
President Zardari said that the entire nation is united against terrorism and stands alongside their security forces.
PM Shehbaz vowed to foil the nefarious designs of enemy of humanity.
“The sacrifices rendered by the son of soils will not be wasted in the war on terror,” the premier said.