Security forces in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province conducted an intelligence-based operation, resulting in the elimination of 12 terrorists in North Waziristan's Hasan Khel area. The operation, which took place on the night of February 5-6, also resulted in the recovery of weapons and ammunition and the death of a security personnel.
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