RAWALPINDI: Four terrorists, including their ringleader Batoor, were killed and three others sustained injuries during an intelligence-based operation (IBO) carried out by security forces in the Khyber district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), the military’s media wing said on Thursday.
According to a statement issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the security forces conducted the IBO in the general area Bagh, Khyber district on the reported presence of terrorists on November 27.
“During the conduct of the operation, own troops effectively engaged khwarij location, as a result of which, four khwarij including Kharji ring leader Batoor, were sent to hell, while three khwarij got injured.”
The ISPR said that the sanitisation operation was being conducted to eliminate any other terrorists found in the area, as the security forces of Pakistan are determined to wipe out the menace of terrorism from the country.
In their separate messages, President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif lauded the security forces for killing the terrorists.
They commended the officers and personnel of the security forces for the successful operation against terrorists in the Khyber district.
President Zardari praised the role of the security forces in the war against terrorism and reiterated the resolve to completely eradicate this menace.
