The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) stated Thursday that two army personnel, including a major, were killed in a gunfight with terrorists in the Mir Ali region of North Waziristan.
According to the military’s media wing, the gunfight happened during an intelligence-based operation by the security forces on the night of January 29–30.
“During the conduct of [the] operation, own troops effectively engaged the khwarij [terrorist] location and resultantly six khwarij were sent to hell,” according to the statement issued by the ISPR.
The communiqué further identified the security soldiers who were martyred as 29-year-old Rawalpindi native Major Hamza Israr, a courageous commander who was commanding his troops from the front.
Another martyr was 26-year-old Naseerabad resident Sepoy Muhammad Naeem.
