REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, ISLAMABAD -- The Pakistan army said Saturday that the security forces had "killed 2,763 terrorists" in a major offensive launched one year ago.

During the operation launched on June 15, 2014, a total of "347 officers and soldiers embraced martyrdom," military spokesman Major General Asim Bajwa said.

The offensive code-named "Zarb-e-Azb" was started after a rare peace dialogue with the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan collapsed due to an increase in terrorist attacks.

Giving details of the operation, the spokesman said as many as 837 hideouts of the militants had been destroyed and 253 tons of explosives recovered during the one year of the operation.