Security forces kill eight terrorists during intelligence-based operations in KP

Security forces have killed eight terrorists and arrested five others during two separate intelligence-based operations in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) in a statement said six of the terrorists were killed in the Jani Khel area of the Bannu district while two others were eliminated in the Datta Khel area of North Waziristan district.

The killed terrorists were involved in attacks on security forces, including the August 31 attack when a security convoy was targeted in a suicide blast.

Troops have recovered weapons and ammunition from the killed terrorists, the military’s media wing said, adding that local people had appreciated the operations conducted by the forces.

It said security forces are determined to eliminate terrorism in the country.