ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s security forces have killed ten ‘Indian backed terrorists’ in an intelligence-based operation in southwestern Balochistan province, the military’s media wing said in a statement on Thursday.
During the operation conducted in Zhob District of the province on Tuesday, eight Indian sponsored Khwarij were successfully neutralised, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said.
The state uses the term Fitna al Khwarij to refer to terrorists belonging to the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).
The security forces conducted a comprehensive area sanitisation operation in the district yesterday to hunt down hiding Khwarij belonging to Indian proxy, Fitna al Khwarij.
“During the conduct of the operation, own forces tracked down Khwarij on multiple routes and effectively engaged their locations. After an ensuing fire exchange, ten Indian sponsored Khwarij were sent to hell,” ISPR said.
Weapons and ammunition were recovered from the khwarij who were killed in the operation, as they had been actively involved in numerous terrorist activities in the area.
A sanitisation operation is ongoing to eliminate any other Indian-sponsored militants found in the vicinity, and the relentless counter-terrorism campaign under the vision “Azm-e-Istehkam,” as approved by the Federal Apex Committee on the National Action Plan, will continue at full pace.
Security forces and law enforcement agencies of Pakistan remain committed to eradicating the menace of foreign-sponsored and supported terrorism from the country.
Pakistan has witnessed a rise in cross-border terror attacks since the Afghan Taliban returned to power in Kabul in 2021.
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Islamabad has repeatedly urged the Afghan Taliban regime to take action against terrorist groups operating from Afghan territory.
However, the Taliban regime failed to take any action against terror groups and prevent Afghan soil from being used against Pakistan.
On Sunday, Pakistan carried out intelligence-based precision airstrikes targeting seven terrorist camps along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in response to recent suicide attacks.
The strikes were conducted in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar, Paktika and Khost provinces and targeted facilities linked to the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan terror group and its affiliates, including Daesh-Khorasan.
