Pak Army colonel, 2 terrorists killed in KP province

A Pakistan Army colonel and two terrorists were killed in an exchange of fire on Monday after security forces conducted an intelligence-based operation to foil a "major terrorist activity" in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province.

Acting on a tip-off, security personnel launched a search operation in Tank area of the Dera Ismail Khan district in KP province and cordoned off a terrorist hideout, the Army said in a press statement.

In the intense exchange of fire, Colonel Mujeeb Ur Rehman and two terrorists were killed, it said.

A large cache of arms and ammunition were also recovered from terrorist hideout.

"The forces foiled a major terrorist activity by neutralising the threat," the statement said.