Rawalpindi: The Inter Service Public Relations (ISPR) has officially confirmed the death of 23 soldiers in Tirah Valley and said that the security forces have also gained a lot of ground in the militants’ stronghold in the remote mountainous hamlet.
In an official statement issued on Monday evening, the ISPR said that over 110 militants have also been killed in the Tirah Valley and scores of their hideouts have been destroyed in the strikes during the operation which had been started on Friday.
The statement also says that the offensive is successfully continuing in the valley and some important heights have also been captured by the security forces.
The landlocked area is reported to be a bastion of the banned Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and other foreign militants.
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