ISLAMABAD, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- Pakistani security forces have killed three terrorists in eastern Punjab province in an anti-terror operation, the military said Saturday.

An army statement said that two paramilitary soldiers were also injured during the exchange of fire in Dera Ghazi Khan district of the province.

The paramilitary troops, along with the Elite Police and intelligence agencies, conducted an intelligence-based operation on a tip about the presence of the terrorists.

A statement from the army's media wing Inter-Services Public Relations said that weapons and ammunition were also recovered in the operation, which was part of the major offensive "Radd ul Fasaad" (reject discord in English), according to the statement.

The major operation was launched in February last year to "eliminate the menace of terrorism from the country," which mainly targets sleeping cells of the militants, their supporters and financiers.