A Pakistan Military captain and a soldier had been martyred on Sunday whereas 5 terrorists had been killed in an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in Peshawar district’s Hassan Khel space, the navy’s media wing stated.
An announcement issued by the Inter Companies Public Relations (ISPR) stated that safety forces performed the IBO on the reported presence of terrorists.
“Throughout conduct of the operation, personal troops successfully engaged the terrorists’ location, as results of which 5 terrorists had been despatched to hell whereas three terrorists acquired injured,” the ISPR stated.
It stated that through the trade of fireplace, 25-year-old Captain Hussain Jahangir, who was “main his troops from the entrance”, and 36-year-old Havildar Shafiqullah embraced martyrdom.
“Sanitisation operation is being carried out to eradicate any terrorists discovered within the space,” the ISPR stated.
“Safety forces of Pakistan are decided to eradicate the menace of terrorism and such sacrifices of our courageous troopers additional strengthen our resolve,” it added.
Earlier this month, a military officer was martyred and three terrorists had been killed throughout an IBO in Balochistan’s Zhob district.
Pakistan has witnessed an uptick in terror actions, particularly in KP and Balochistan after the banned militant Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan ended its ceasefire with the federal government in November 2022.
Based on a security report issued by the Centre for Analysis and Safety Research in March, Pakistan witnessed 432 violence-linked fatalities and 370 accidents amongst civilians, safety personnel, and outlaws, ensuing from as many as 245 incidents of terror attacks and counter-terror operations through the first quarter of 2024.
KP and Balochistan, each bordering Afghanistan, accounted for over 92 per cent of all fatalities and 86pc of assaults, together with incidents of terrorism and safety forces operations, throughout this era. Individually, the previous suffered 51pc and the latter 41pc of all fatalities within the first quarter of 2024, the report stated.