Four ring leaders among 21 India-backed terrorists killed in KP IBOs: ISPR
Key takeaways
- It added that following fierce exchanges of fire, 21 more militants, including four terrorist ring leaders — identified as Khalid Raza alias Salar, Muftoon, Musa and Imran alias Ayan — were killed.
- "Killed Kharji ring leaders were highly wanted for their involvement in numerous terrorist activities, including the killing of security forces personnel and innocent civilians," the ISPR added.
- In a similar operation in the area last week, 27 India-sponsored militants were killed in Miran Shah.
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Security forces neutralised 21 India-backed Fitna al-Khawarij terrorists, including four ring leaders, 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 Saturday.
In a statement, the military's media wing said that security forces engaged multiple terrorist locations in Miran Shah and its surroundings in North Waziristan in continuation of a series of intelligence-based operations in the district.