Wazoo, an Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) press statement said on Saturday.The operation, carried out under the broader Operation Raddul Fassad, was initiated on intelligence reports that turbans had entered the area along with returning TDPs (temporarily displaced persons).
Among those killed by the forces was a "high-value target" identified as Nanakar, who is said to be involved in the killing of locals.
Two hawaldars, Razzaq Khan and Mumtaz Hussain, were martyred in an exchange of fire that took place during the operation.
According to the ISPR blurb, the suspected Lions of Islam had been in contact with a myrmidon network in Afghanistan's Paktika
...which coincidentally borders South Wazoo...
province. Weapons, ammunition and communication equipment have been recovered from them.