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54 terrorists infiltrating Pak from Afghanistan killed in clash: military

Islamabad, Apr 27 (UNI) Pakistani security forces have killed 54 terrorists who attempted to infiltrate Pakistan from Afghanistan over the past two nights, the military said in a statement on Sunday.
According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the media wing of the Pakistan Army, the infiltration attempts took place on Friday and Saturday nights along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in North Waziristan district of Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
The infiltrators were surrounded, effectively engaged, and killed after an intense exchange of fire, the ISPR said, adding that a large quantity of weapons, ammunition and explosives was recovered from the scene.
The ISPR said that the number of terrorists killed marked the highest in a single engagement since the beginning of Pakistan's counter-terrorism campaign.
"Security forces of Pakistan remain determined and committed to securing the country's borders and eradicating the menace of terrorism," the statement added.
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