6 terrorists killed in intelligence-based operation in NW Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Nov. 10 (Xinhua) — Six terrorists were killed and six others injured during an intelligence-based operation in Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the military said on Sunday.
The security forces conducted the operation in the Spinwam area of North Waziristan district of the province on reported presence of terrorists, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the media wing of the Pakistan Army, said in a statement.
During the conduct of the operation, the troops effectively engaged the terrorists’ location, as a result of which six terrorists were killed, the ISPR said, adding that the killed terrorists remained actively involved in terrorist activities against security forces as well as target killing of civilians in the area.
The ISPR statement said that a huge cache of weapons and explosives was also recovered during the operation.
A clearance operation is being carried out to eliminate the presence of other terrorists from the area, it added.
The military said the security forces of Pakistan are determined to wipe out the menace of terrorism from the South Asian country. ■