RAWALPINDI (Kashmir English): Security forces have killed 34 Indian-backed terrorists belonging to Fitna Al Khwarij and Fitna Al Hindustan in multiple intelligence-based operations over the last few days.
According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), twenty-six khwarij were killed in four separate engagements in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on February 24, while eight terrorists belonging to Fitna Al Hindustan were killed in an engagement in Sambaza, Balochistan.
The military’s media wing said that the movement of a group of khwarij, who were trying to infiltrate through the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, was picked up by the security forces in Hassan Khel, North Waziristan District.
Own troops effectively engaged this group of khwarij and killed one terrorist, who has been identified as an Afghan national.
In another engagement, the ISPR said that an IBO was conducted in Lakki Marwat District.
“During the conduct of the operation, troops effectively engaged the khwarij location, and after an intense fire exchange, three khwarij were successfully neutralised,” it added.
Simultaneously, the military’s media wing said that in two separate engagements in the general area Narmi Khel, Bannu District, troops effectively neutralised 10 khwarij, while operating on precise intelligence, troops successfully eliminated 12 khwarij in North Waziristan’s Mir Ali District.
“During the fifth engagement, troops conducted an IBO in the general area of Sambaza, Zhob District. After an intense fire exchange, eight terrorists belonging to Fitna al-Hindustan were successfully neutralised.”
The military’s media wing said that weapons and ammunition were also recovered from Indian sponsored killed khwarij and terrorists, who remained actively involved in numerous terrorist activities in the area.
The security forces of Pakistan remain resolute and unwavering in their commitment to defend the nation’s frontiers, it added.
“Sanitisation operation are being conducted to eliminate any other Indian sponsored Kharji found in the area as relentless counterterrorism campaign under vision “Azm e Istehkam” (as approved by Federal Apex Committee on National Action Plan) by security forces and law enforcement agencies of will continue at full pace to wipe out the menace of foreign sponsored and supported terrorism from the country,” the statement concluded.
