⚔️ 🇵🇰 Operation Iron Fist-3 | Palangzai, Miranshah, North Waziristan
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Between 1–12 June, Pakistani security forces carried out Operation Iron Fist-3 in Palangzai, Khuzai, and Nadeem Kot near Miranshah.
A total of 62 Khawarij terrorists were eliminated including 4 high-value targets. During the operation, 14 terrorist hideouts and tunnel networks were destroyed, along with large ammunition and explosives stockpiles.
In Nadeem Kot and Khuzai, 28 terrorists were killed, 6 bodies were recovered, and 14–16 others were wounded. In Palangzai, a major terrorist stronghold, 34 terrorists were killed and 24 bodies recovered.
Security forces also arrested 8 suspected terrorists and rescued an underage orphan boy who was being abused at a terrorist compound.
Weapons and explosives recovered included 1 × 12.7mm HMG, 2× Zarrakai rifles, 22 × SMGs, 1× M-16 rifle, 1 × RPG-7 launcher, a large cache of ammunition, and multiple IEDs, while another 12.7mm weapon was destroyed during the operation.