Algerian forces killed 11 militants and arrested two others in extensive search operations over the past three days, a security source said Sunday. The source said in statement that the operation took place in the village of Daraq in the province of Mdiyya, 90 kilometers west of Algiers, adding that the area had witnessed terrorist activities over the past decade.The militants belong to Algeria's Salafiya Group for Preaching and Combat and would stand before justice by the end of this week, the source added. Algerian President Abdul-Aziz Bouteflika had announced a pardoning decree of militants as part of the national peace and reconciliation accord upon which a referendum is to be held on September 29. Meanwhile, the same source said that Algerian forces had detained three people suspected of being implicated in militant acts in the area of Balabas, 490 kilometers west of Algiers, and that they were currently being interrogated.