Official sources told Xinhua that security forces on Thursday conducted an intelligence-based operation on the hideout of terrorists in Mir Ali area of ​​North Waziristan district of the province, in which five terrorists of the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban were killed on the spot. Went. ,

Officials said the slain terrorists were involved in several terrorist activities against security forces and innocent civilians, adding that a huge cache of arms and ammunition was also recovered from their possession.

The killed terrorists were planning to carry out terrorist attacks in the province.

Law enforcement agencies also launched search operations in the surrounding areas to nab the associates of the slain terrorists.