Six terrorists killed in NW Pakistan's clash

Six terrorists were killed in an exchange of firing with security forces in Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Friday, the country's military said.

The security forces conducted an intelligence-based operation in the North Waziristan district of the province on the reported presence of the militants, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the media wing of the Pakistani army, said in the statement.

Weapons and ammunition were also recovered from the killed militants, who remained actively involved in numerous activities against the security forces and killed civilians, reports Xinhua.

A clearance operation is being conducted to eliminate any other terrorists found in the area, the ISPR added. 

Earlier on Friday, five people, including a prominent religious scholar, were killed and 20 injured in a suspected suicide attack during Friday prayers at a religious seminary in Nowshera district in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.