ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s security forces have killed 34 terrorists in a series of intelligence-based operations across the country, the military’s media wing said on Wednesday, underscoring what it described as a sustained and high-tempo counterterrorism campaign.
In a statement, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said the operations were conducted over the past few days in multiple districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan, targeting militants linked to what it termed “Indian proxies, Fitna Al Khwarij and Fitna Al Hindustan.”
According to the statement, 26 terrorists were killed in four separate engagements in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, while eight others were neutralized during a separate intelligence-based operation in Balochistan.
“The movement of a group of khwarij in the general area of Hassan Khel, North Waziristan district, who were trying to infiltrate through the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, was picked up by the security forces,” ISPR said.
During the ensuing exchange of fire, one terrorist, later identified as an Afghan national, was killed, it added.
In another intelligence-based operation in Lakki Marwat district, three terrorists were killed, according to the statement. ISPR said that in two separate engagements in the Narmi Khel area of Bannu district, security forces neutralized 10 terrorists. A further 12 were killed in the Mir Ali area of North Waziristan.
Separately, ISPR said eight terrorists were killed during an intelligence-based operation in the Sambaza area of Zhob district in Balochistan.
Weapons and ammunition were recovered from the killed terrorists, who were “actively involved in numerous terrorist activities in the area,” the statement said.
Reaffirming the military’s stance, ISPR said Pakistan’s security forces remain “resolute” and “unwavering” in their commitment to defend the country’s frontiers and protect its citizens.
The statement added that the ongoing counterterrorism campaign, conducted under the vision of “Azm-e-Istehkam” and approved by the Federal Apex Committee under the National Action Plan, will continue “at full pace” to eradicate what it described as foreign-sponsored terrorism from Pakistan.
ISPR said further details would be shared as operations continue.
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