ISLAMABAD, Nov. 13 (Xinhua) -- At least 43 militants were killed in a series of intelligence-based operations conducted by security forces in Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province over the past 48 hours, the military said on Friday.
The operations were carried out in Mir Ali and Orakzai districts, where security forces engaged multiple militant hideouts, the Inter-Services Public Relations, the media wing of the Pakistani army, said in a statement.
The statement said 35 militants belonging to the outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan were killed in Mir Ali, while eight others were killed in Orakzai following intense exchanges of fire.
A huge cache of weapons, ammunition and explosives, including improvised explosive devices and homemade explosives, was also recovered during subsequent clearance operations, it added.
Sanitization operations are underway to eliminate any remaining militants in the areas, the statement said. ■
