Security forces on Thursday killed a total of eight terrorists as a result of separate operations carried out in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s South Waziristan and Lakki Marwat districts, the military’s media wing said in a statement. According to Inter-Services Public Relations, an intelligence-based operation was conducted in the general Sararogha area of the South Waziristan District on December 5 upon the reported presence of terrorists there. “During the conduct of [the] operation, own troops effectively engaged the khwarij’s location as a result of which two khwarij, including kharji ring leader Khan Muhammad [alias] Khoryay, were killed,” the statement said. The statement added that two other terrorists were arrested by the forces during the operation. “The killed kharji Khan Muhammad @ Khoryay was involved in numerous terrorist activities in the area including target killing & extortion,” the statement said, detailing that he was a highly sought target for law enforcement, with the government setting a bounty of Rs1 million for his capture. The ISPR said that another intelligence-based operation was conducted in the Lakki Marwat District of the province. “After an intense fire exchange, six khwarij were successfully neutralised by the security forces,” it said. “Sanitisation operations are being conducted to eliminate any other kharji found in the area, as security forces of Pakistan are determined to wipe out the menace of terrorism from the country.”