PakistanSix jawans were killed during an encounter with militants in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Thursday. Meanwhile, three terrorists were also killed. The incident of firing took place in Deer Duni area of North Waziristan. Inter-State Public Relations (ISPR) gave this information. ISPR said six soldiers were killed in an encounter with militants in Pakistan’s Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa bordering Afghanistan.
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ISPR said that the campaign to eliminate terrorists is going on in this area. Pakistani troops are determined to eradicate the menace of terrorism. We will not let the sacrifice of these brave soldiers go in vain. We will give more strength to our soldiers. Havildar Salim Khan, Javed Iqbal, Sepoy Nazir Khan, Sepoy Hazrat Bilal, Sepoy Syed Rajab Hussain and Sepoy Bismillah Jan are among the soldiers who died in the encounter with the terrorists. Importantly, the age of all these is between 22 to 37 years.
293 killed, 521 injured in 436 terror incidents
The area of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan is considered very sensitive. This kind of incident happens here every day. Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants are very active here. Due to which this kind of incident happens.
Last month, ISPR Director General Major General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhary said during a press conference that at least 293 people were killed and 521 injured in 436 terror incidents last year.
219 terrorist incidents in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
Presenting the figures, he said that 219 terrorist incidents have taken place in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. In which 192 people died. At the same time, 206 terrorist incidents took place in Balochistan, in which 80 people were killed. Five terrorist incidents took place in Punjab province, in which 14 people were killed.
Apart from this, seven people have died in Sindh province. At the same time, he said that 8269 intelligence-based operations were conducted last year. Meanwhile 1378 suspected terrorists were arrested while 157 terrorists were killed.
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