ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Army said on Tuesday night that a brigadier from the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) was killed during an encounter with “hardcore terrorists” in South Waziristan tribal district.
The Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR), Pakistan army’s media arm, said in a statement that intense fire was exchanged between the two sides at Angoor Adda area of South Waziristan. It said Brigadier Mustafa Kamal Burki was “martyred while leading the encounter from the front” while seven others were injured, including two who were critically wounded.
The ISPR said Brigadier Burki and his team “put up a valiant resistance” against the terrorists during the encounter and the officer sacrificed his life. “Defence forces of Pakistan and intelligence agencies pledge to reaffirm and demonstrate firm resolve to eliminate the menace of terrorism from every inch of the country,” the ISPR said.
In another incident, three soldiers and three terrorists were killed in an exchange of fire in Dera Ismail Khan district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, ISPR said. Terrorists had opened fire on a police check post last night in Khutti area, prompting security forces to immediately block all possible escape routes. The fleeing terrorists were intercepted in the Saggu area in Dera Ismail Khan district and three of them were killed after an intense exchange of fire, the ISPR said, adding that weapons and ammunition were also recovered.
The law and order situation in Pakistan has worsened over the past few months, with terror groups, particularly the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), conducting attacks with impunity across the country.
The Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR), Pakistan army’s media arm, said in a statement that intense fire was exchanged between the two sides at Angoor Adda area of South Waziristan. It said Brigadier Mustafa Kamal Burki was “martyred while leading the encounter from the front” while seven others were injured, including two who were critically wounded.
The ISPR said Brigadier Burki and his team “put up a valiant resistance” against the terrorists during the encounter and the officer sacrificed his life. “Defence forces of Pakistan and intelligence agencies pledge to reaffirm and demonstrate firm resolve to eliminate the menace of terrorism from every inch of the country,” the ISPR said.
In another incident, three soldiers and three terrorists were killed in an exchange of fire in Dera Ismail Khan district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, ISPR said. Terrorists had opened fire on a police check post last night in Khutti area, prompting security forces to immediately block all possible escape routes. The fleeing terrorists were intercepted in the Saggu area in Dera Ismail Khan district and three of them were killed after an intense exchange of fire, the ISPR said, adding that weapons and ammunition were also recovered.
The law and order situation in Pakistan has worsened over the past few months, with terror groups, particularly the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), conducting attacks with impunity across the country.