Security forces conducted an intelligence-based operation in Dera Ismail Khan district on the reported presence of terrorists, ISPR said.
“During the conduct of the operation, after an intense fire exchange, 10 terrorists were successfully neutralized and sent to hell,” it added.
In another encounter, security forces engaged terrorists’ location in the North Waziristan district of KP and killed one more terrorist.
Meanwhile, the ISPR said that arms and ammunition were also recovered during the operation.
The killed terrorists remained actively involved in numerous terrorist activities in the area against security forces as well as innocent civilians.
“Locals of the area appreciated the operations by the Security Forces, who remain determined to eliminate the menace of terrorism from the country,” according to ISPR.
Days earlier, security forces gunned down seven terrorists trying to infiltrate the Pakistan-Afghanistan border with nefarious intentions, the ISPR said.
In a statement, the military’s media wing said that on 16th April 2024, the movement of a group of seven terrorists, trying to infiltrate the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, was detected by security forces in the area of Spinkai, Ghulam Khan of North Waziristan district.
On April 16, Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Asim Munir asserted that the Pakistan armed forces and law enforcement agencies (LEAs) were fully determined to “permanently eliminate the menace of terrorism from Pakistan”.
During the 264th Corps Commanders’ Conference, COAS Munir appreciated the efforts of the Pakistan Army and LEAs in successfully thwarting several terror attacks and neutralizing key terrorist commanders during ongoing counterterrorism operations.
The Forum was briefed on how banned groups operating from Afghanistan pose a threat to regional and global security, besides acting as proxies against Pakistan and its economic interests, especially the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).