PESHAWAR: A shootout between security forces and terrorists overnight in North Waziristan left two terrorists dead and a soldier martyred, the military said Sunday.
An Inter-Services Public Relations statement said security forces conducted an operation in the Spinwam area of the district, a tribal region that has in the past served as a sanctuary for India-funded terrorists.
The military, which acted on intelligence to identify the terrorists’ location, said the terrorists were involved in activities against security forces and belonged to the proscribed Afghanistan-based Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan.
The terrorists opened fire on security forces, triggering an intense exchange of fire during which the two terrorists were killed and a soldier was martyred.
North Waziristan and six other tribal regions were merged into Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in 2018 following military offensives against terrorists in the mountainous region which borders war-torn Afghanistan.
