ISLAMABAD, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) -- Ten terrorists were killed in separate operations in Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province, the military said on Friday.
The security forces conducted intelligence-based operations in Dera Ismail Khan and North Waziristan districts of KP, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the media wing of the Pakistan Army, said in a statement.
During the operation in the Khulachi area of Dera Ismail Khan district, four terrorists were killed during a clash between security forces and terrorists, said the ISPR statement.
In four separate encounters in North Waziristan, another six terrorists were killed after an intense exchange of fire, the ISPR said.
According to the ISPR, a huge cache of weapons and ammunition was also recovered from the terrorists, who remained actively involved in terrorist activities against security forces as well as the killing of civilians in the area.
A sanitization operation is being carried out to eliminate the presence of other terrorists in the area.
The military said the security forces of Pakistan are determined to wipe out the menace of terrorism from the country. ■
