<p>Two most wanted Taliban terrorists were killed in a fierce gun battle on Friday after the security forces raided their hideout in restive Northwest Pakistan.</p>.<p>Acting on a tip-off, the security personnel carried out the raid on the hideout in the Zafarabad colony in Dikhan district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, triggering a fierce gun battle, the police said.</p>.<p>The security personnel challenged the terrorists who instead of surrendering started firing at them.</p>.<p>In exchange of heavy firing which lasted hours, most wanted terrorist Amir Garnedi and his accomplice Gulam Gillani of the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Kehrayra group were killed, the police said, adding that it was a joint operation.</p>.<p>The security forces also recovered a huge cache of arms and ammunition from the hideout, it said.</p>.<p>The duo was wanted in several incidents of terrorism, police said.</p>.<p>A search operation has been started in the area and security has been beefed up at all the entry and exit routes of the city.</p>.<p>Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province has witnessed violent militant attacks since the homegrown Islamist insurgency rose in 2007.</p>.<p>A terrorist attack by Pakistani Taliban on a army-run school in the provincial capital Peshawar in 2014 claimed nearly 150 lives, mostly children.</p>
<p>Two most wanted Taliban terrorists were killed in a fierce gun battle on Friday after the security forces raided their hideout in restive Northwest Pakistan.</p>.<p>Acting on a tip-off, the security personnel carried out the raid on the hideout in the Zafarabad colony in Dikhan district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, triggering a fierce gun battle, the police said.</p>.<p>The security personnel challenged the terrorists who instead of surrendering started firing at them.</p>.<p>In exchange of heavy firing which lasted hours, most wanted terrorist Amir Garnedi and his accomplice Gulam Gillani of the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Kehrayra group were killed, the police said, adding that it was a joint operation.</p>.<p>The security forces also recovered a huge cache of arms and ammunition from the hideout, it said.</p>.<p>The duo was wanted in several incidents of terrorism, police said.</p>.<p>A search operation has been started in the area and security has been beefed up at all the entry and exit routes of the city.</p>.<p>Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province has witnessed violent militant attacks since the homegrown Islamist insurgency rose in 2007.</p>.<p>A terrorist attack by Pakistani Taliban on a army-run school in the provincial capital Peshawar in 2014 claimed nearly 150 lives, mostly children.</p>