Eight terrorists were killed and two soldiers martyred during an intelligence-based operation in the Zarmilan area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s South Waziristan District on Saturday, according to the military’s media affairs wing.
According to a press release issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations, an “intense fire exchange” between the security forces and terrorists took place during the operation.
“Own troops effectively engaged the terrorists’ location. Resultantly, eight terrorists were sent to hell,” the press release reads. It added that two soldiers, 25-year-old Lance Naik Shoaib Ali, a resident of Parachinar in Kurram district, and 22-year-old Sepoy Rafi Ullah, a resident of Lakki Marwat district, embraced martyrdom after having “fought gallantly”.
