Security forces kill 20 militants in two operations in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Security forces eliminated at least 20 militants in two separate operations carried out in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on October 8 and 9, according to an Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) statement issued on Monday.

The first engagement took place during an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in the Shawal region of North Waziristan, where troops targeted a militant hideout and sent eight Indian sponsored khwarij to hell.

In the second operation, conducted in Dara Adam Khel, 12 more militants were killed in an intense exchange of fire.

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Following the operations, security personnel launched area-clearance and sanitisation measures to locate any remaining elements linked to the group.

The ISPR said the IBOs were carried out under Operation Azm-i-Istehkam, which was approved by the Federal Apex Committee on the National Action Plan to intensify efforts by security forces and law-enforcement agencies to dismantle foreign-sponsored terrorist networks across the country.