ISLAMABAD, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) -- A Pakistani military officer was killed during a raid on a terrorist hideout in the country's northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, the army said on Wednesday in a statement.
The security forces were conducting a search operation in Kulachi area of Dera Ismail Khan district in the province when encountering terrorists in a hideout.
"In exchange of fire Major Ishaq embraced 'shahdat' (martyrdom)," the army's media wing the Inter-Services Public Relations said in the statement.
The country's Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa and senior military officers attended Ishaq's funeral, the statement said. This is the second army office who has lost life in anti-terrorism operations in the country in two days.
Another officer, Nasir Mehmood, was killed when the military raided a terrorist hideout in southwestern Balochistan Province on Tuesday, according to the army.
The anti-terrorism operation is part of the major intelligence-based operations that have been launched since February targeting terrorists' hideouts, sleeper cells and their sympathizers.
