A Pakistan Army soldier, identified as Sepoy Abdul Jabbar, was martyred as the military targeted terrorists’ hideouts in the Rajgal Valley area of Khyber Agency. At least 13 militants were killed and six others were injured, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) announced on Thursday.
Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General had announced launching of Khyber-4 military campaign on July 16 under Operation Radd ul Fassad in the critical area in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) to wipe out terrorists from the region.
According to the ISPR, Operation Khyber-4 is moving ahead as planned. Advancing in the multiple directions troops including special services group have cleared 90 square kilometer area of terrorists and squeezing them out.
It said terrorist had laid a number of improvised explosive devices (IEDs), which were detected, recovered and neutralized by the army’s engineers counter IED teams.
“Many terrorists hideouts have been destroyed in targeted strikes by Pakistan Air Force (PAF), Army Aviation and Artillery. So far 13 terrorists have been killed and 16 injured. During exchange of fire a soldier Sepoy Abdul Jabbar laid his life for the motherland”, the ISPR statement said.
