430 Terrorists killed in Ladha and Sararogha

WANA, Pakistan: Security forces have killed 250 militants in Ladha and 180 militants in Sararogha operation, a spokesman said.

“The forces drive has been continued in Showal,” a military spokesman Brig. Farrukh told mediamen here. The military has recaptured the highways in South Waziristan region and also taken the control of land routes from Ladha to Makeen, he said. All mountain tops were retaken by the troops, the spokesman further said.

He said the military operation was underway in Ladha after reports of presence of 35 militant fighters in the area.

Earlier, Commander Sararogha Brig. Shafeeque informed the newsmen that 180 militants were killed in fighting during the Sararogha operation including Uzbek and Tehrik-e-Taliban terrorists.  A large quantity of arms and ammunition captured from the militants in Sararogha including 21 suicide jackets.