At least five terrorists were killed in an exchange of fire with security forces during an intelligence based operation in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Khyber district on Sunday, the military’s media wing said.

In a statement, the Inter-Services Public Relations stated that the operation was conducted on the reported presence of terrorists.

Weapons, ammunition and explosives were also recovered from the site. The terrorists remained actively involved in numerous terrorist activities against the security forces as well as innocent civilians, the ISPR said.

“Sanitisation operation is being carried out to eliminate any other terrorist found in the area as the security forces are determined to wipe out the menace of terrorism from the country,” it added.