The Pakistan
Army said on Tuesday that that three terrorists were killed after they tried to
infiltrate into the country's northwestern region. In a statement, the Army's
Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) media wing said security forces on
Monday night conducted an intelligence-based operation to thwart an
infiltration attempt by terrorists close to the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in
the Lower Dir district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, reports Xinhua news
agency. "During exchange of fire, three terrorists got killed," the statement
said. A large quantity of weapons, ammunition and grenades were also recovered,
according to the ISPR. These terrorists were involved in several target killing
incidents in the country's northwestern Swat region in 2019, according to the
Army. They had planned to infiltrate and target several notables inside
Pakistan, but were timely engaged and killed, it added. The Army did not say
which militant group the terrorists were affiliated with. (IANS)