At least five militants and two Security Force (SF) personnel were killed in an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in Datta Khel area of North Waziristan in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on January 30, reports Daily Times. The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said the SFs conducted an IBO on a militant hideout in DattaKhel area. During exchange of fire, five militants were killed and two soldiers, Sepoy Muhammad Shamim and Sepoy Asad Khan, embraced martyrdom.