ISLAMABAD, June 25 (Xinhua) -- Security forces in Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province killed four terrorists in an exchange of firing, a military statement said on Saturday.
The security forces conducted an intelligence-based operation in North Waziristan District on the reported presence of the terrorists, the military's media wing Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in the statement.
Weapons and ammunition were seized from the killed terrorists, the statement said.
"The killed terrorists had remained actively involved in terrorist activities against security forces," the statement added.
Pakistani security forces intensified intelligence-based operations in the country following a resurge in terrorist attacks on law enforcement agencies and the general public.
On Friday, two terrorists were killed in an exchange of fire with security forces in Dera Ismail Khan district of the province, the ISPR said. ■
