NORTH WAZIRISTAN (Kashmir English): Security Forces have killed 43 terrorists during a series of intelligence-based operations in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Mir Ali and Orakzai areas over the past 48 hours, according to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR).
In a statement issued on November 13, 2026, the military’s media wing said the operations were launched as part of efforts to eliminate terrorist threats and dismantle networks operating in the province. The campaign has been expanded to Mir Ali and Orakzai.
According to ISPR, security personnel engaged multiple terrorist positions during the operations, leading to intense exchanges of fire. As a result, 35 militants described by the military as belonging to Indian-sponsored Fitna-al-Khawarij were killed in Mir Ali, while eight others were killed in Orakzai.
The statement said a significant quantity of weapons, ammunition and explosives was also recovered during subsequent sanitisation operations. The recovered material reportedly included homemade explosives and improvised explosive devices (IEDs), which the military said could have been used in terrorist activities.
ISPR added that sanitisation operations were continuing in the affected areas to locate and eliminate any remaining militants.
The military said the counterterrorism campaign was being conducted under the vision of “Azm-e-Istehkam”, approved by the Federal Apex Committee under the National Action Plan. It added that Security Forces and Law Enforcement Agencies would continue operations to eliminate what it described as foreign-sponsored terrorism from the country.
