SAA event in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Sararogha area area, Pakistan on Thu 12th August 2021

One Army soldier, identified as Naik Zia ud Din, and one militant were killed during an exchange of fire with militants in Sararogha area of South Waziristan District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on August 12, reports Dawn. The Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) statement said that in the night a military post in Sararogha detected the suspicious movement of three to four suspected militants. "A quick reaction force was immediately dispatched to challenge the suspected terrorists; however, the troops were fired upon. Due to effective response, one terrorist was killed and another was apprehended in [an] injured condition," the statement said. "The apprehended terrorist later revealed that they planned to conduct a fire raid on a military post," the ISPR added.