Pak soldier, 6 terrorists killed in intelligence-based operation

Islamabad: Pakistan military has said that at least six terrorists and a soldier were killed during a clash between security forces and terrorists in the North Waziristan district of the country's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.

In a statement on Saturday night, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the media wing of the Pakistan Army said that the security forces conducted an intelligence-based operation in the Mir Ali area of the district.

"During the conduct of the operation, intense fire exchange took place between own troops and terrorists as a result of which six terrorists were killed while eight terrorists got injured," the ISPR said, adding that a 33-year-old security personnel had also lost his life in the clash.

Weapons and ammunition were also recovered from killed terrorists who remained actively involved in terrorist activities against security forces and targeted killing of innocent civilians, said the statement.

Sanitisation of the area has been carried out to eliminate the presence of terrorists from the area, it added.

With inputs from IANS