In a high-intensity intelligence-based operation (IBO) in Orakzai District, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan Army personnel, including Lieutenant Colonel Junaid Arif and Major Tayyab Rahat, laid down their lives, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) confirmed.

The IBO, conducted around midnight, involved intense firefights with terrorists belonging to the India-backed Fitna al Khwarij group. Troops successfully neutralized the militants’ positions, killing 19 terrorists, ISPR added.

Lieutenant Colonel Junaid Arif, 39, and his second-in-command Major Tayyab Rahat, 39, both residents of Rawalpindi, led the operation from the front and embraced martyrdom alongside nine other soldiers.

The fallen soldiers include Naib Subedar Azam Gul (38, Khyber), Naik Adil Hussain (35, Kurram), Naik Gul

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