4 terrorists killed in NW Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: Four terrorists were killed in an operation by security forces in Pakistan’s northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the country’s military said in a statement on Monday.

The operation, which started on Sunday night and lasted till the wee hours of Monday morning, was conducted in the Tank district on the reported presence of the terrorists, the military’s media wing Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), said in the statement.

The slain terrorists remained actively involved in numerous incidents of militancy in the area, the statement added.

Weapons and ammunition were also recovered from the custody of the terrorists, the ISPR said.

-Xinhua