ISLAMABAD, March 8 (Xinhua) -- Pakistani security forces killed 13 terrorists in a series of intelligence-based operations conducted across the northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the military said on Sunday.
Inter-Services Public Relations, the media wing of the Pakistan army, said that the operations were carried out on Friday and Saturday as part of the country's ongoing counter-terrorism campaign.
During an intelligence-based operation in Bajaur district, security forces engaged a hideout and killed five terrorists after an intense exchange of fire, the statement said.
In two other encounters in Bannu district and Dera Ismail Khan district, three terrorists belonging to a banned outfit were killed, said the military, adding that five terrorists were killed in two separate engagements in Khyber district and South Waziristan district.
Weapons and ammunition were recovered from the killed terrorists, who, according to the statement, had been involved in multiple militant activities in the region.
The military said the operations were being conducted as Pakistan continues to address emerging security challenges along its border with Afghanistan.
Security forces and law enforcement agencies remain committed to continuing the nationwide counter-terrorism drive to eliminate militant threats from the country, the military added. ■
