RAWALPINDI: Director General of Inter Services Public Relations (DG-ISPR) Asim Saleem Bajwa said on Tuesday that six terrorists were killed during hand-to-hand combat between security forces and militants in Mirali early Tuesday, Express Newsreported.
Bajwa told Express News that a Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) commander, Matiullah, was one of the terrorists killed in the encounter.
While briefing the media, Bajwa stated that a total of 447 terrorists have been killed in the operation, while 88 of their hideouts have also been destroyed.
According to Bajwa, 26 soldiers have also been killed since June 15, when Pakistan launched the military operation.
He also said that 11 terrorists had surrendered in Mirali.
Bajwa told media that North Waziristan had become a center of terrorism and militants were brainwashing suicide bombers to do their bidding.
He also stated that the security situation has improved in areas that have been cleared by the army.
Bajwa said that while it is possible that some terrorists had fled North Waziristan before the start of Operation Zarb-e-Azb, none of them have managed to escape since it began.
Speaking about acts of terror in the country in 2014, he stated that 195 people were killed upto June 20 this year.
The DG also said that internally displaced persons (IDPs), who relocated after the operation, were being investigated before they were registered.
He also said that the number of IDPs was greater than 0.9 million.
