Two soldiers were martyred and as many terrorists killed during an exchange of fire in the Janikhel area of Bannu district on Saturday, according to a statement issued by the military’s media affairs wing.
The Inter-Services Public Relations said security personnel “effectively engaged the terrorists’ location” during the gun battle, as a result of which “two terrorists were sent to hell”.
Meanwhile, the ISPR added, 40-year-old Naib Subedar Ghulam Murtaza, a resident of Bahawalpur district, and 41-year-old Havildar Muhammad Anwar, a resident of Sialkot district, “having fought gallantly, embraced shahadat (martyrdom)”.
Sanitisation of the area was being carried out to eliminate any other terrorist found there, the ISPR said, adding that the “armed forces of Pakistan are determined to eliminate the menace of terrorism and such sacrifices of our brave soldiers further strengthen our resolve”.
In a similar incident earlier this week, two terrorists were killed by security forces during an intelligence-based operation in the general area of North Waziristan’s Dossali in KP.
The same day a soldier deployed to provide security to polio teams was martyred in an attack by terrorists in North Waziristan’s Spinwam area.
