ISLAMABAD, July 13 (Xinhua) -- Pakistani security forces killed six terrorists in a military operation in the country's northwest tribal district of North Waziristan on Wednesday, said a military statement.
The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the media wing of the Pakistan army, said that security forces conducted an intelligence-based operation on the reported presence of terrorists in the Datta Khel area of North Waziristan, a region bordering Afghanistan.
The troops executed the operation successfully and killed six terrorists, said the ISPR, adding that weapons and ammunition were seized from the killed terrorists.
The ISPR said security personnel of the Pakistan army was also killed during the exchange of fire.
According to the military media wing, the killed militants remained actively involved in terrorist activities against security forces.
Earlier in the day, the military claimed to have killed four terrorists in another operation in the same region. ■
