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.