ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s security sources have killed at least 13 terrorists so far in the ongoing intelligence-based counterterrorism Operation Al-Azm in Balochistan, security sources said on Saturday.
According to security sources, “Fitna al-Hindustan” suffered further losses in a successful operation by security forces in the Khad Kocha area of Mastung, with the number of terrorists killed so far during Operation Al-Azm reaching 13.
During the operation, several hideouts belonging to the Indian-backed terrorist group were destroyed. Weapons, ammunition, and materials used for the preparation of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) were also recovered.
Security sources said that several terrorists belonging to Fitna ul Hindustan were also injured during the operation.
Security forces are continuing effective counterterrorism actions in #Balochistan under Intelligence-Based #OperationAlAzm@OfficialDGISPR @dpr_gob #RadioPakistan #News #FitnaUlHindustanhttps://t.co/4j9nrSjCt3 pic.twitter.com/2HdhJV6sr1
— Radio Pakistan (@RadioPakistan) July 25, 2026
Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi, in a statement commending the security forces, also confirmed the development. Naqvi commended the professionalism of security forces in their counterterrorism efforts.
The Interior Minister said that security forces were conducting effective operations against terrorists across Balochistan as part of Operation Al-Azm. He specifically lauded the actions in Khad Kocha.
Naqvi said that 13 terrorists have been “killed in operations conducted under Operation Al-Azm so far”. He said operations by security forces would continue until terrorism was eliminated from Balochistan.
وزیرداخلہ محسن نقوی کی بلوچستان میں آپریشن العزم پر سکیورٹی فورسز کی تحسین
وزیرداخلہ نے سکیورٹی فورسز کی پیشہ وارانہ صلاحیتوں کو سراہا
فتنہ الہندوستان کے دہشتگردوں کیخلاف کامیاب کارروائیاں قابل ستائش ہیں، محسن نقوی
بلوچستان میں دہشتگردی کے خاتمے تک سکیورٹی فورسز کی… pic.twitter.com/dQmvp3abg3— PTV News (@PTVNewsOfficial) July 25, 2026
Earlier on Wednesday, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said security forces killed 10 India-backed Fitna al-Khwarij and Fitna al-Hindustan terrorists and arrested two female suicide bombers in two intelligence-based operations (IBOs) in Balochistan’s Mastung and Surab.
“In continuation of security forces operations against the terrorists nexus of Indian sponsored Fitna al Hindustan and Fitna al Khwarij, comprehensive joint operations are being carried out in different parts of Balochistan to weed out remnants of terrorists and their facilitators,” the military’s media wing said in a statement.
ISPR added that security forces have conducted multiple intelligence-based area sanitisation and targeted operations in District Surab and District Mastung of Balochistan, during which ten terrorists were killed.
A day earlier, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif had said India’s role in terrorist activities inside Pakistan was “absolutely clear”, urging the nation to collectively confront the threat of terrorism.
Referring to the country’s fight against terrorism, PM Sharif said that 90,000 people had embraced martyrdom and noted that a sessions judge had been killed in Mastung a day earlier.
The Prime Minister lamented that the Afghan Taliban regime had “completely failed” to stop terrorists from using its soil to carry out attacks against civilians and security personnel in Pakistan.
PM Sharif maintained that terrorism had been eradicated by 2018 but had returned under an “organised conspiracy”.
Pakistan witnessed a surge in terror activities, particularly in its Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan provinces, since 2021, when the Afghan Taliban came into power.
In response, Pakistan launched Operation Ghazab lil-Haq, targeting what it said were terrorist hideouts across the border.
According to Pakistani authorities, the operation killed scores of Afghan Taliban operatives and allied terrorists and injured hundreds more.
