ISLAMABAD, Nov. 19 (Xinhua) -- Twenty-three terrorists were killed in two separate engagements on Nov. 16 and 17 in Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the military said on Tuesday.
During the first engagement, security forces conducted an intelligence-based operation in Bajaur district of the province on reported presence of terrorists, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the media wing of the Pakistan Army, said in a statement.
The security forces effectively engaged the terrorists' location, resultantly 11 terrorists including a ring leader were killed, said the ISPR.
In another intelligence-based operation conducted in Bannu district of the province, 12 more terrorists were successfully neutralized, it added.
Clearance operations are being conducted to eliminate the remaining terrorists in the area, the ISPR statement said.
The military said that the country will continue its relentless counter terrorism campaign, adding that security forces and law enforcement agencies of Pakistan will continue at full pace to wipe out the menace of terrorism from the country. ■
