At least seven terrorists have been killed and six others injured during clashes with the security forces in Pakistan’s Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province.

According to Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), another six terrorists were critically injured during the intense exchange of fire.

It said that the sanitisation of the area is being carried out to eliminate any other terrorists found in the area, Tribune reported.

The incident came days after the Pakistan Army said it repelled a cross-border raid from Afghanistan by a large group of terrorists equipped with the latest weapons targeting the two military posts located in the general area of Kalash in the Chitral district.

During an exchange of fire, at least 12 terrorists were killed while four Pakistani soldiers embraced martyrdom, according to the military’s media wing.