Islamabad, March 21 -- Pakistani military announced late Thursday night that security forces had killed 10 terrorists during an intelligence-based operation in the Dera Ismail Khan district of northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
According to a statement from the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the media wing of the Pakistan Army, the operation was launched based on intelligence reports regarding the presence of a group of terrorists in the area.
Security forces surrounded the hideout and engaged the militants, resulting in their elimination, said the ISPR.
During the intense exchange of fire, a Pakistan Army officer, Captain Hasnain Akhtar, who was leading his troops from the front, was martyred after fighting gallantly, the...