Pakistan`s security forces killed eight terrorists during an intelligence-based operation in the restive northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Wednesday, the ISPR said.

The operation was conducted in the Bakka Khel area in Bannu district on the reported presence of a wanted terrorist. During the operation, eight militants were killed and seven others were injured, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the media wing of the army, said.