According a statement by the ISPR, the terrorists tried to fight back and four were killed in the subsequent exchange of fire.
A soldier sustained minor injuries in the shootout.
12 arrested in Radd-ul-Fasaad raids in Balochistan
The statement added that the terrorists' camps were dismantled, while IEDs, explosives and communication equipment was seized.
The killed militants were involved in extortion, kidnapping for ransom, attacks on security forces and other sabotage activities, it said.
Earlier, the FC had also carried out an intelligence-based operation in Kuchmina, Zhob on August 3 and foiled a terrorism bid aimed to sabotage Independence Day celebrations.
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