Security forces recover arms from militant hideouts in NW Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Nov. 9 (Xinhua) -- Pakistani security forces recovered a large cache of explosives, weapons and ammunition during an intelligence-based operation in the country's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the military said on Monday.

The operation was conducted on Sunday in North Waziristan district, targeting suspected hideouts of militants belonging to Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the media wing of the Pakistani army, said in a statement.

During the operation, security forces cleared two hideouts established inside mosques and recovered a large quantity of improvised explosive devices, materials used for making explosives, weapons and ammunition, the statement said.

A clearance operation is underway in the area to locate and eliminate any other suspected militant hideouts, the statement added.