QUETTA (Kashmir English): Security forces have killed nine more Fitna Al Khawarij terrorists during Operation Shaban in Balochistan, raising the total number of militants killed in the operation to 52, the security sources said on Saturday.
The Pakistan Army, Frontier Corps, and Balochistan Police launched Operation Shaban following the militants’ attack on the Mangi Dam police post in Ziarat district on Tuesday, in which 27 police personnel were martyred.
According to security sources, effective operations are underway by the security forces against the terrorists hiding in the rugged mountainous terrain through coordinated ground and air operations.
The security forces targeted the khawarijs hiding in the rugged mountainous areas through coordinated ground and air actions.
As per the latest update, a total of 88 militants have been killed in Operation Shaban and other intelligence-based operations since July 5 across the province.
Yesterday, the security sources said that 13 terrorists were neutralised in the past 24 hours under Operation Shaban.
Sources said that 26 militants were earlier killed during clearance operations conducted on July 6 and 7.
In addition, they said that forces also successfully repelled a terrorist attack on a police station in the Zaidi area of Khuzdar on Friday morning.
