RAWALPINDI: Security forces killed 10 Khawarij terrorists during various operations across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a statement on Friday.
According to the statement, on reported presence of Khawarij, an intelligence based operation was conducted in Khulachi area of Dera Ismail Khan. “During the conduct of operation, own troops effectively engaged the Khwarij location and resultantly, four Khwarij were sent to hell.”
In four separate encounters in North Waziristan district, fire exchange took place between the security forces and khawarij in Datta Khel, Hassan Khel, Ghulam Khan and Mir Ali. Resultantly, six Khwarij were successfully neutralized.
These operations were conducted on Thursday and Friday, ISPR said.
Weapons and ammunition were also recovered from the killed Khawarij, who remained actively involved in numerous terrorist activities in these areas against the security forces as well as killing of innocent civilians.
ISPR further said that sanitization operations are being conducted to eliminate any other Khawarji found in the area as the security forces of Pakistan are determined to eliminate the menace of terrorism from the country.