In a high-intensity intelligence-based operation (IBO) in the Orakzai district, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan Army staff, including Colonel Junaid Arif and Major Tayyab Rahat, confirmed their lives, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR).
IBO, performed around midnight, involved intense firefighters with terrorists belonging to the India-backed Fitna Al Khwarij group. Troops successfully neutralized militants’ attitudes and killed 19 terrorists, Ice.
Lieutenant Colonel Junaid Arif, 39, and his second commander Major Tayyab Rahat, 39, both residents of Rawalpindi, led the operation from the front and embraced martyrdom with nine other soldiers.
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The fallen soldiers include naib subedar azam yellow (38, Khyber), Naik Adil Hussain (35, Kurram), Naik Yellow Ame (34, Tank), Lance Naik Sher Khan (31, Marran), Lance Naik Talish Faraz (32, Manssherra), Lance Naik Irshad Hussain (32, Kurram) Sepoyair Khan (28, Malakand), Sepoy Aqib Ali (23, Swabi) and Sepoy Muhammad Zahid (24, Tank).
ISPR said sanitization operations are going on to eliminate any remaining militants in the area. “Offset from our brave soldiers strengthening our decision to eliminate Indian sponsored terrorism from Pakistan,” it said.
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This operation is part of a number of recent terrorist successes. On October 1, seven Fitna Al Khwarij terrorists were killed during an IBO in Balochistan’s Sherani District. Earlier, on September 27, 17 militant was neutralized in Lakki Marwat, while four Fitna Al Hindustan terrorists were killed in Mastung. Weapons, ammunition and explosives were regained during these operations.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif praised troops’ bravery and issued a strict warning to Afghanistan against letting its land be used for militant conditions. “Masterminds of attacks in Pakistan operate from Afghan Earth with Indian support. An appropriate answer will follow,” he said.
ISPR emphasized that Pakistan’s armed forces remain determined to eradicate Indian-supported terrorism from the country.
