Security forces kill terrorist in North Waziristan

Security forces on Wednesday killed a terrorist during an exchange of fire with militants in Spinwam area of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa's North Waziristan district, the military said.

According to Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the militant was actively involved in terrorism activities against security forces and civilians.

The military's media wing said locals appreciated the response and expressed their full support to eliminate the menace of terrorism from the area.

Pakistan's security forces have conducted numerous operations against the rising terrorism across the country, not only arresting terrorists and their facilitators but also foiling several attacks during the last three months.

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Security forces have killed at least 142 terrorists during the last three months as operations to eliminate terrorism from the country continue. At least 1,007 terrorists were arrested during 6,921 operations by security forces across the country in the last three months.

A total of 1,960 operations were conducted in K-P, out of which 1,516 were area-domination operations, 301 were intelligence-based operations, and 143 were area-sanitisation operations.

As a result of the operations conducted by security forces, 98 terrorists were killed and 540 were arrested in K-P.