Seventeen terrorists had been killed on Friday in two separate operations when Pakistani safety forces’ helicopter gunships focused their hideouts within the nation’s restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
The intelligence-based operations had been performed within the Bannu and the North Waziristan districts, in accordance with safety sources.
Within the Baka Khel space of the Bannu district, 12 terrorists affiliated with the Hafiz Gulbahadur group had been eradicated as choppers struck their compound.
The second operation was carried out within the Hasso Khel space of Mir Ali, North Waziristan, the place 5 militants had been killed.
A big cache of weapons and ammunition was seized from the militants, sources mentioned. Safety forces additionally launched photos of the killed terrorists.
The operation is ongoing, with reinforcements arriving for the safety forces.
The safety forces launched a large operation towards terrorists in response to the recent wave of assaults towards safety forces in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s southern districts.
