In a major operation against the terrorist organisation, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), also called the Pak Taliban, in the Orakzai district of the remote Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, bordering Afghanistan, 11 soldiers, including a Lieutenant Colonel and a Major, and 19 terrorists were killed on Wednesday.

What happened in the military operation in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa?

The military-based operation was started late Tuesday after the military received intel inputs about the 'fitna al-khawarij', a term that the Pakistani government uses for the country's extremist groups like the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan. The Pakistani army said that a 'sanitisation' exercise will finish the remaining terrorists in the region.

In September, 17 TTP terrorists were killed in a joint raid while they were

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