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Four terrorists were killed in a clash with government security forces in Khyber district of Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Monday, Xinhua reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The clash was triggered when the troops conducted an intelligence-based operation on the reported presence of the terrorists, and the militants retaliated with intense firing, the news agency added citing a military statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It also said that the terrorists’ hideout was also busted during the operation and a large cache of weapons, ammunition, and explosives was recovered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A clearance operation is being carried out to eliminate any other terrorists found in the area, the statement added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Four terrorists were killed in a clash with government security forces in Khyber district of Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Monday, Xinhua reported. The clash was triggered when the troops conducted an intelligence-based operation on the reported presence of the terrorists, and the militants retaliated with intense firing, the news agency added citing a …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":104333,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"yes","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_108372464460192_245495985553329":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[7020],"class_list":["post-104332","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan","tag-security-forces-kill-terrorists"],"yoast_head":"\n