On Wednesday, Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) police arrested five alleged terrorists during action in Peshawar.

According to a CTD spokesman, they arrested five alleged militants who were jumbled in collecting explosive material in order to use it against security forces, political figures and damaging public infrastructure.

Three of the militants hail from Afghanistan,” have recovered a huge cache of explosives from their possession, spokesperson added.

Earlier in the day, one terrorist was killed while another was arrested during an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in Swat.