RAWALPINDI: Pakistan’s security forces have killed 12 Indian sponsored terrorists ‘Indian sponsored’ terrorists in southwestern Balochistan province, a military statement said on Friday.
According to the military’s media wing, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), on 15 January 2026, approximately fifteen to twenty Indian sponsored terrorists of Fitna Al Hindustan carried out multiple terrorist activities in Kharan City, District Kharan.
“Terrorists attacked the City Police Station, the National Bank of Pakistan, and Habib Bank Limited. During the activity, Rs 3.4 million were looted from the banks by terrorists,” it said.
Fitna al Hindustan refers to banned terrorist groups involved in terrorist activities in the country’s Balochistan province.
ISPR added that the security forces effectively responded and engaged the terrorists, prompting them to retreat.
“During the ensuing clearance operation, 12 terrorists were sent to hell in three different engagements. Terrorists’ design to create a hostage situation at the police station was also effectively thwarted,” it said.
Pakistan’s security forces are currently conducting sanitisation operations in the area to eliminate any other Indian sponsored terrorists.
This is part of the ongoing Counter-Terrorism campaign under the vision “Azm e Istehkam,” approved by the Federal Apex Committee on the National Action Plan.
The campaign aims to eradicate the menace of foreign-sponsored and supported terrorism from Pakistan, with security forces and law enforcement agencies committed to continuing their efforts at full pace.
Pakistan has witnessed a surge in cross-border terror incidents since Taliban rulers returned to Afghanistan in 2021, particularly in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan provinces.
Pakistan said the Afghan Taliban regime’s continued support for terrorist groups had enabled them to carry out attacks against the Pakistan military and civilian population along the Pak-Afghan border and in adjoining areas.
In early 2025, operations were intensified across central Balochistan, following a rise in attacks targeting infrastructure and security patrols.
In March 2025, Pakistan ranked second in the Global Terrorism Index 2025, with the number of deaths in terrorist attacks rising by 45 percent as compared to the previous year.
In October, the Islamabad-based think tank Centre for Research and Security Studies said that violence had surged in the third quarter of 2025 due to a spike in terrorist attacks and intensified counter-terrorism operations.
