The security forces killed five terrorists including a ringleader in an operation in the Dera Ismail Khan district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, ISPR said on Friday.
“On January 10, the security forces conducted an intelligence-based operation in the Maddi area of Dera Ismail Khan district, killing five Khwarij (terrorists) including their ringleader, ” the military media wing said.
The security officials also recovered arms and ammunition during the operation, the ISPR said, adding that the dead remained actively involved in terrorist activities.
The sanitisation operation is on as security forces are determined to wipe out terrorism.