ISLAMABAD: Pakistani military said on Sunday that two hardcore terrorists were killed in the country's northwest tribal district of North Waziristan.

A statement from the army's media wing, the Inter-Services Public Relations, said that the security forces conducted an intelligence-based operation in Mir Ali area of North Waziristan, killing two hardcore terrorists and arresting another.

This is the second operation against the terrorists in North Waziristan district in three days. The army said on Friday night that two hardcore terrorists were killed while another was captured after the security forces conducted an intelligence-based operation on a terrorist hideout in Boya area of North Waziristan.

Pakistani military had conducted a series of operations against terrorist groups in North Waziristan that borders Afghanistan. Although the area has mostly been pacified, remnants of the terrorist groups still manage to launch attacks on the security forces sporadically.

The Pakistani army says that members of the Pakistani militant groups have fled to Afghanistan and now operate from the other side of the border. Pakistan is fencing its nearly 2,600 kilometers border, mostly porous, to stop the cross-border movement of the militants. NNI