Security forces gunned down five India-backed terrorists during an operation conducted in the Lakki Marwat district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, read a statement issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) on Sunday.
The military’s media wing said that the IBO was conducted on March 15 on the reported presence of terrorists.
“During the conduct of operation, our troops effectively engaged the khawarij location and after an intense fire exchange, five khawarij were sent to hell,” read the communique.
The security forces also recovered weapons and ammunition from the killed terrorists, who remained actively involved in numerous terrorist activities in the area.
Following the IBO, security forces began a sanitisation operation to eliminate any other India-sponsored kharji found in the area, the ISPR release said.
This is a developing story and is being updated with further details.
