Pakistan, June 29 -- Pakistan's security forces killed 29 terrorists during an intelligence-based operation and subsequent precision strikes targeting militant camps and hideouts in the Pakistan-Afghanistan border region, Information Minister Attaullah Tarar said on Monday.

According to the minister, the operation was launched in response to a series of recent militant attacks across the country. It included a ground operation near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in Bajaur district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where security forces engaged a group of militants based on credible intelligence.

Tarar said the operation resulted in the killing of a high-value militant commander, identified as Khan Farosh, also known as Zabal, along with three oth...