Security personnel stand guard outside a hospital in Dera Ismail Khan, KP. — Reuters/File
Security forces have killed 27 India-backed Fitna al-Khawarij terrorists in the Miran Shah area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s North Waziristan district over the past 72 hours, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on Sunday.
In a statement, the military’s media wing said that security forces engaged multiple khawarij locations in the area in continuation of a series of intelligence-based operations in the district.
“Following intense fierce exchanges of fire, in the last seventy-two hours, 27 khawarij belonging to India-sponsored Fitna al-Khawarij have been sent to hell,” read the communique.
This is a developing story and is being updated with further details.