Unknown event in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Jani Khel area of Bannu District area, Pakistan on Sat 31st December 2022

A Pakistan Army soldier and four terrorists were killed in an intelligence-based operation in the general area in Jani Khel area of Bannu District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on December 31, reports Dawn. A press release from the Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) said that troops “effectively engage[d]” the terrorists’ location and an “intense fire exchange” took place during which 25-year-old Sepoy Muhammad Waseem, a resident of Khairpur, fought “gallantly” and was martyred. Meanwhile, the terrorists killed had remained “actively involved in terrorist activities against security forces and killing of innocent citizens”, the ISPR said, adding that weapons and ammunition were recovered from them.