Terrorist killed in Miran Shah IBO, soldier martyred: ISPR

Miran Shah: A terrorist was killed in crossfire with the security forces who lauched an intelligence based opertaion (IBO) in Miran Shah district of Khyber Pakhtunkhawa, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on Thursday.

A sepoy also embraced martyrdom in an exchange of fire.

According to the military's media affairs wing, the slain terrorist was involved in attacks on security forces.

Officials also seized arms and ammunition from the place of encounter.

30-year-old soldier Ansar Ali, who belonged to Narowal, was martyred in the exchange of fire with the terrorists.

Accoridng to ISPR, the security forces are determined to eliminate terrorism from the country's soil and that the sacrifices of brave soldiers will bring peace in the country.

The cleansing operation is continuing to eliminate terrorists from the area, the ISPR concluded.