Islamabad, Sep 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) Seven soldiers and five terrorists were killed in an exchange of fire in South Waziristan district of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, an army statement said.
The security forces conducted an intelligence-based operation in Asman Manza area of the district, Xinhua news agency quoted the military's media wing Inter-Services Public Relations said as saying the statement.
Cordon and search operation is in progress to eliminate any other terrorist found in the area, the statement added.
Despite the heavy presence of the military, terrorist attacks on security forces take place in the district.
On August 12, a soldier was killed in an explosion of an improvised explosive device in Asman Manza area.
Source: IANS
Gopi Adusumilli is a Programmer. He is the editor of SocialNews.XYZ and President of AGK Fire Inc.
He enjoys designing websites, developing mobile applications and publishing news articles on current events from various authenticated news sources.
When it comes to writing he likes to write about current world politics and Indian Movies. His future plans include developing SocialNews.XYZ into a News website that has no bias or judgment towards any.
He can be reached at gopi@socialnews.xyz
This website uses cookies.
