Pakistani security forces, yesterday claimed to have killed three terrorists earlier this week, in the country’s north-west Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.

The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the media wing of the Pakistani Army, said in a statement that, the armed forces conducted two separate operations in the province’s Khyber and the South Waziristan districts.

The ISPR said, an exchange of fire took place between security personnel and the terrorists, in the Bagh area of Khyber, leading to the killing of a terrorist on Thursday.

On Friday, the security forces encountered a group of terrorists in the Gomal Zam area of South Waziristan and killed two more terrorists of a banned outfit, added the ISPR.

The armed forces also confiscated guns, ammunition, explosives, hand grenades, material to develop improvised explosive devices and suicide jackets, satellite communication systems, night vision equipment and rockets.

The media wing said, the killed terrorists had been actively involved in carrying out terrorist activities against security forces and killing innocent civilians

Source: Radio Free Asia