Karachi, Dec 10 (PTI) Pakistani security forces on Tuesday killed at least 15 suspected terrorists linked to banned outfits in an intelligence-based operation in which a soldier also lost his life in Zhob district of the restive Balochistan province.

The military's media wing said that the terrorists were killed in Zhob district's Sambaza area.

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“The terrorists were engaged by security forces and 15 of them were killed,” the media wing said in a statement. It also said that a soldier died in the operation.

A large quantity of weapons, ammunition and explosives were recovered from the deceased terrorists, the statement said, adding that a sanitisation operation was being conducted to neutralise any other terrorists present in the area.

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