ISLAMABAD, May 9 (Xinhua) -- Pakistani security forces killed five militants in two separate intelligence-based operations in the country's northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the military said on Friday.

Four militants belonging to the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan were killed during an operation in Tank district after an intense exchange of fire between security forces and militants, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the media wing of the military, said in a statement.

In another operation conducted in Dera Ismail Khan district, security forces killed one militant during a gun battle, the statement added.

Weapons and ammunition were also recovered from the killed militants, who were allegedly involved in multiple terrorist activities in the area, the ISPR said. ■