The security forces on Saturday killed two active terrorists during an intelligence-based operation (IBO) conducted in the wee hours of August 19 on the reported presence of terrorists in the general area of Bara, Khyber District. During the IBO, an intense fire exchange took place between the Army troops and terrorists and resultantly two terrorists were sent to hell, an Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) news release said. The killed terrorists remained actively involved in terrorist activities against security forces as well as the killing of innocent citizens. Sanitization of the area was being carried out to eliminate any terrorists found in the area, it said. The locals of the area appreciated the operation and expressed their full support to eliminate the menace of terrorism. In a similar IBO earlier this week, two terrorists were killed during an exchange of fire with security forces in tribal area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the military’s media wing had said The ISPR said in a statement on Tuesday that on the night of August 14-15, security forces conducted the IBO on reported presence of terrorists in North Waziristan’s Razmak area. On August 13, a soldier was martyred and four terrorists were killed during an exchange of fire in the Charmang valley of Bajaur district. Pakistan has seen a steep rise in terrorist activities including several suicide bombings and gun attacks mainly targeting police and law enforcement agencies in the northwestern provinces, which resulted in hundreds of deaths and damage to properties since the return of Taliban rulers in neighbouring Afghanistan.