ISLAMABAD, Oct. 10 (Xinhua) -- Three terrorists were killed in a joint intelligence-based operation by the Counter Terrorism Department and the police in Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Friday, police said.
The operation was conducted in Garah Faqira area of Tank district, where the terrorists opened fire on police personnel, triggering an exchange of fire, according to a police statement.
As a result, three terrorists belonging to the proscribed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan were killed, the statement said.
Police recovered three assault rifles, 11 ammunition magazines and a mobile phone from the site. The deceased were also linked to previous attacks involving improvised explosive devices, the statement said. ■
