Islamabad, Mar 14 (UNI) Ten terrorists were killed in a security check post attack in Pakistan's northwest Tank district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the media wing of the Pakistan Army, said in a statement on Thursday.

The attempt to enter the check post was effectively thwarted by security forces personnel, which forced the terrorists to ram an explosive-laden vehicle into the perimeter wall, the ISPR statement said.

The terrorists were effectively engaged, and after an intense fire exchange, all ten terrorists, including a suicide bomber, were killed outside the perimeter wall of the post, it added.

A clearance operation is being carried out to eliminate the presence of other terrorists from the area.

The military said the security forces of Pakistan are determined to wipe out the menace of terrorism from the country.

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