Officer’s death lifts Pakistan military toll to 12 in two days of anti-militant operations
ISLAMABAD: The death of a Pakistan army major in northwest Pakistan has brought the military’s toll to 12 in two days of back-to-back operations against militants, the army said on Thursday.
In the latest incident, an army major was killed in a gunfight in Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province, according to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the military’s media wing.
The skirmish, which occurred during an intelligence-based operation in Dera Ismail Khan district, killed seven Pakistani Taliban militants who had been involved in attacks against security forces and civilians.
“Weapons and ammunition were also recovered from the killed khwarij (Pakistani Taliban militants),” the ISPR said, adding that a sanitization operation was being conducted in the vicinity.
