LAKKI MARWAT: Six militants were killed in an intelligence-based operation (IBO) by security forces in Karak district on Friday.

According to a statement issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the operation was launched on the reported presence of `khawarij`, an official term used formilitants of the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and the so-called Lashkar-iIslam and Jamaatul Ahrar.

`During the conduct of the operation, own troops effectively engaged the khawarij location; resultantly, six khawarij were sent to hell,` the ISPR statement said.

The statement added that a sanitisation operation was underway to clear the area of any remaining militants.

It reiterated the security forces` commitment to eliminating terrorism from the country.

Meanwhile, two civilians were killed in an attack on a police post in Bannu district on Thursday night.Quoting residents, a police official said that Sadiq, a vegetable vendor, and Maqsood, a medical technician, were hit by bullets while passing by the Kinger Bridge police post on motorcycles.

The attack was carried out by unidentified assailants.

`Both of them were passing along the police post on their motorcycles at the time of firing from an unknown direction,` the official said.

The official said that the relatives of the deceased also claimed that both the civilians lost their lives in a militant attack on the police post. An investigation was underway to identify the attackers.