04 Feb

Four terrorists and two soldiers were killed when the Pakistani military conducted an operation against militants in the country's northwest tribal district of North Waziristan, the military said on Wednesday night.

An army statement said that four soldiers were also injured in the exchange of fire in Mir Ali, a major town in North Waziristan that borders Afghanistan.

The army's media wing, the Inter-Services Public Relations, said security forces had observed presence of terrorists in a compound in Mir Ali.

"As soon as the troops cordoned off the area, terrorists opened fire. During intense exchange of fire, four terrorists were killed," the statement said.

According to the statement, the killed terrorists were involved in kidnapping for ransom, extortion, fire raids on security forces and improvised explosive device explosions.

The Pakistani military has conducted a series of operations against terrorist groups, including the Pakistani Taliban, in North Waziristan over recent years. Although the area has mostly been pacified, remnants of the terrorist groups still manage to launch attacks on the security forces.

xinhua