Security forces kill five terrorists in K-P's Bara area: state media

The Express Tribune reported, citing Radio Pakistan, that security forces killed five militants from Fitna al-Khawarij during an intelligence-based operation in Bara, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. The report, based on security sources, was published on Tuesday. The state broadcaster also posted the news on its social media account.

Those sources said the group lost a substantial amount of arms and ammunition, which were recovered during the raid. They also said the wide-ranging operation left the militants' hideouts entirely wrecked.

The raid comes amid what the report described as a surge in militant violence over the past three months. It recalled that a blast near a joint checkpoint in Dera Ismail Khan last week killed 12 people and wounded 35 others, an attack the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan has claimed. A day earlier, six more militants were reportedly killed in two separate operations across K-P and Balochistan.