Peshawar, Mar 28 (PTI) Seven Pakistani soldiers and eight terrorists were killed in a bloody shootout during an intelligence-based operation in the country's restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, according to sources.

The ongoing operation started early morning in the Sarkati Machi Khel area of the volatile Lakki Marwat district.

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Sources said seven soldiers including three havaldars and four sepoys were killed while six others were injured.

The eight terrorists killed were affiliates of the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).

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The military has not issued any statement on this till now.

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