Security forces killed seven terrorists in two separate operations in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa?s North Waziristan district, the military?s media affairs wing said on Tuesday.

According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the two operations were carried out on the reported presence of khawarij.

Fitna al Khawarij is a term the state uses for terrorists belonging to the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).

?An intelligence-based operation (IBO) was conducted by the security forces in [the] general area [of] Mir Ali,? the statement read. ?During the conduct of [the] operation, own troops effectively engaged the khawarij location and after an intense fire exchange, six khawarij were sent to hell.?

Another terrorist was killed in an IBO in Spinwam, the ISPR said, adding that weapons and ammunition were seized from the terrorists who ?remained actively involved in numerous terrorist activities against the security forces, law enforcement agencies and target killing of innocent civilians?.

?Sanitisation operations are being conducted to eliminate any other Indian sponsored kharji found in the area as [a] relentless Counter Terrorism campaign under vision ?Azm-i-Istehkam? (as approved by Federal Apex Committee on National Action Plan) by [the] security forces and law enforcement agencies of Pakistan will continue at full pace to wipe out [the] menace of foreign sponsored and supported terrorism from the country,? the statement concluded.

Security forces killed 22 terrorists in an IBO in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa?s Dera Ismail Khan district, the ISPR said last Thursday.

?During the conduct of [the] operation, own troops effectively engaged the khawarij location and after an intense fire exchange, 22 khawarij were sent to hell,? the ISPR stated.

Pakistan has witnessed an uptick in terror activities, especially in KP and Balochistan, after the TTP ended its ceasefire with the government in November 2022.