RAWALPINDI:

Eleven servicemen — including two officers — were martyred during an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in a mountainous district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, the military confirmed in a statement on Wednesday, adding that 19 terrorists were also eliminated in the engagement.

"Security forces conducted an IBO in Orakzai district on the reported presence of terrorists belonging to Indian proxy Fitna al Khwarij. During the conduct of operation, 19 Indian-sponsored khwarij were sent to hell due to effective engagement by own troops," the military's media wing ISPR said. Fitna Al Khawarij is the state-designated term for the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and its allies.

The operation triggered a fierce gunfight. "During the intense fire exchange, Lieutenant Colonel Junaid Ta

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