Pakistan, Oct. 5 -- Security forces killed eight India-backed terrorists during an intelligence-based operation conducted in Dera Ismail Khan district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, security sources said on Sunday. The operation was conducted after intelligence reports indicated the presence of Fitna al-Khawarij terrorists in the area, security sources said.

According to security sources, three key commanders of Fitna al-Khawarij were also among the eight terrorists killed during the operation. A large cache of weapons and ammunition was recovered from the killed terrorists, along with foreign currency, the sources said. The IBO comes a day after security forces killed 11 militants in separate operations in KP and Balochistan.

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