Kurram operation kills 12; Ghizer soldier martyred

In the Kurram operation, security forces killed 12 infiltrators from Afghanistan; Naib Subedar Hidayat Aman, 40, of Ghizer was martyred, ISPR said.

ISPR said security forces foiled an infiltration from Afghanistan into Kurram and killed 12 Khwarij and Afghan Taliban.

Naib Subedar Hidayat Aman, 40, from Ghizer, was martyred in the exchange of fire.

The military said Afghan Taliban posts opened fire in support of the infiltrators.

Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif paid tribute to the forces and condoled with the soldier’s family.

ISPR said a sanitisation operation is continuing under the Azm-e-Istehkam campaign.

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