Islamabad: An army officer, two soldiers and two terrorists were killed in two separate clashes between security forces and terrorists in Pakistan's northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province, the military has said.
Security forces conducted an intelligence-based operation Friday on the reported presence of terrorists in Miran Shah area of North Waziristan district of KP, the military's media wing Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a statement on Friday night.
During the operation, a group of terrorists was spotted and intercepted by the security forces, with one terrorist killed and another injured, the statement said, adding that an officer and a soldier also lost their lives in the combat.
In another development, a soldier and a terrorist were killed late Thursday night in an exchange of fire between security personnel and terrorists in Tirah area in Khyber district of the province, the ISPR said.
"The killed terrorist remained actively involved in numerous terrorist activities against security forces and killing of innocent civilians," it added.
The sanitization of both areas has been carried out to eliminate any terrorists present in the area, according to the ISPR.
(With UNI Inputs)
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