2 soldiers, 8 terrorists killed in clash in Pakistan

Islamabad, April 16 (IANS) Two soldiers and eight terrorists were killed during a shootout between security forces and the terrorists in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, an army statement said.

The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the media wing of the Pakistani military, said in the statement that the military carried out an operation on tip-off in the district located in the country's northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Saturday, Xinhua News Agency reported.

During the operation, a fire exchange took place between the two sides, during which the troops killed all the attackers in a retaliatory attack, said the ISPR.

Arms and ammunition were also seized from the terrorists, said the statement.

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