Pakistan security forces killed five Fitna al Hindustan terrorists during an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in Kohlu district, Balochistan, the military’s media wing said on Friday.

According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), during the conduct of the operation on December 25, the security forces effectively engaged the terrorists’ location, and after an intense fire exchange, five Indian sponsored terrorists “were sent to hell.”

Weapons, ammunition and explosives were also recovered from the terrorists, who remained actively involved in numerous terrorist activities in the area, the ISPR statement said.

“Sanitisation operations are being conducted to eliminate any other Indian-sponsored terrorist found in the area as relentless Counter Terrorism campaign under vision ‘Azm-e-Istehkam’ (as approved by Federal Apex Committee on National Action Plan) by Security Forces and Law Enforcement Agencies of Pakistan will continue at full pace to wipe out menace of foreign sponsored and supported terrorism from the country,” the ISPR said.