{"id":4424,"date":"2026-11-14T15:03:48","date_gmt":"2026-11-14T10:03:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=4424"},"modified":"2026-11-14T15:03:48","modified_gmt":"2026-11-14T10:03:48","slug":"16-militants-killed-two-soldiers-martyred-in-north-waziristan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=4424","title":{"rendered":"16 militants killed, two soldiers martyred in North Waziristan"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>At least 16 militants were killed during intelligence-based operations in North Waziristan, while two Pakistan Army personnel embraced martyrdom in an intense exchange of fire, the military\u2019s media wing said on Saturday.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to a statement issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the operations targeted hideouts of militant belonging to the Indian-sponsored Fitna Al Khawarij terrorist group, in Mir Ali, Datta Khel and Ali Khel over the past 12 hours.<\/p>\n<p>The ISPR said 12 militants, including two Afghan nationals, were killed during an intense exchange of fire in the Ali Khel area.<\/p>\n<p>Four others were eliminated in separate engagements in Mir Ali and Datta Khel, with two killed in each area.<\/p>\n<p>The military said the two Afghan nationals were also associated with Fitna Al Khawarij.<\/p>\n<p>A large quantity of weapons and ammunition was recovered from the militants, who were involved in several terrorist activities, including attacks on civilians.<\/p>\n<p>During the operations, two soldiers, identified as Havaldar Asmat Ali, 43, and Naik Aftab Ali, 32, were killed while fighting the militants.<\/p>\n<p>According to the ISPR, Havaldar Asmat Ali belonged to Swabi district, while Naik Aftab Ali was a resident of Mardan.<\/p>\n<p>The military said the operations had dealt a significant blow to the militant network, adding that clearance operations were continuing to eliminate any remaining militants in the area.<\/p>\n<p>The ISPR reaffirmed that counterterrorism operations under the government\u2019s Azm-e-Istehkam initiative would continue with full force and determination to eliminate terrorism from the country.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At least 16 militants were killed during intelligence-based operations in North Waziristan, while two Pakistan Army personnel embraced martyrdom in an intense exchange of fire, the military\u2019s media wing said on Saturday. According to a statement issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the operations targeted hideouts of militant belonging to the Indian-sponsored Fitna Al Khawarij terrorist group, in Mir Ali, Datta Khel and Ali Khel over the past 12 hours. The ISPR said 12 militants, including two Afghan nationals, were killed during an intense exchange of fire in the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"gutentor_comment":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4424","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4424"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4424\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}