India, Nov. 7 -- Security forces on Saturday killed four militants in an intelligence-based operation in northwest Pakistan, police said. According to the police, the operation was carried out in the restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province's Bannu district.

The operation was part of an ongoing counterterrorism campaign under the federal Government's "Azm-e-Istehkam" vision against militants belonging to Fitna-al-Khawarij, police said.

Pakistan uses the term "Fitna-al-Khawarij" for the banned terror outfit Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), which has carried out recurring attacks in the province bordering Afghanistan since its ceasefire deal with the federal Government ended in November 2022. A substantial quantity of arms and ammunition was ...