RAWALPINDI: Pakistan’s security forces have killed nine terrorists affiliated with the “Indian proxy,” Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), during multiple intelligence-based operations (IBOs) conducted in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on 17–18 May 2024, the military’s media wing, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), stated on Monday.
“In multiple engagements across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, nine Khwarij (terrorists) belonging to Indian Proxy, Fitna Al Khwarij — the state-designated term for the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) — were sent to hell,” the ISPR said in a press release.
According to ISPR, an intelligence-based operation was conducted in Lakki Marwat district, where security forces effectively engaged a terrorist hideout, killing five “Indian-sponsored” terrorists.
In a second intelligence-based operation, conducted in the Bannu district, two “Indian sponsored” terrorists were successfully neutralised by the security forces.
In another incident in the Mir Ali area of North Waziristan, terrorists ambushed a security forces convoy. In the ensuing exchange of fire, Pakistani troops responded effectively and killed two more “Indian sponsored” terrorists, ISPR said.
However, during the intense fire exchange, two soldiers embraced martyrdom, ISPR said.
“During the intense fire exchange, two brave sons of soil, Sepoy Farhad Ali Turi (age: 29 years, resident of District Kurram) and Lance Naik Sabir Afridi (age: 32 years, resident of District Kohat) having fought gallantly, paid the ultimate sacrifice and embraced shahadat,” ISPR said.
Following the engagements, sanitisation operations were conducted to ensure the complete elimination of any remaining terrorist elements in the area.
“The security forces of Pakistan are determined to wipe out the menace of terrorism perpetrated by Indian proxies, and such sacrifices of our brave soldiers further strengthen our resolve,” ISPR resolved.
Three ‘Indian proxy’ terrorists killed in Balochistan
Earlier today, Pakistan’s security forces killed three terrorists affiliated with the Indian proxy so-called Baloch Liberation Front (BLF) during two separate intelligence-based operations in Balochistan on 17 and 18 May 2025, ISPR said.
The security forces conducted an intelligence-based operation in the Gishkur area of Awaran district, on the reported presence of Indian sponsored terrorists, ISPR stated in a press release.
In another engagement in Turbat City of Kech district, security forces successfully neutralised two Indian sponsored terrorists, ISPR stated. The killed terrorists were identified as the ring leader, Sabr Ullah and terrorist Amjad alias Bichoo.
India’s involvement in sponsoring terrorists
Earlier this month, seven Pakistani soldiers were martyred in a blast from an improvised explosive device planted by the “Indian proxy” terrorist group Balochistan Liberation Army in Kacchi district.
“Nefarious designs of India and its proxies operating on Pakistani soil will be defeated by the valiant security forces, law enforcement agencies and the brave nation of Pakistan,” the ISPR had said.
Last month, ISPR Director General Lt Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry accused India of activating its “assets” to intensify terrorist attacks in Pakistan, presenting “irrefutable evidence” of Indian state-sponsored terrorism, directed by the Indian military personnel.
“Post-Pahalgam, because of the designs of terrorism that they have, they tasked all their assets, the terrorists operating in Balochistan, and we have credible intelligence for that, the Fitna-al-Khawarij and the independent terrorist cells … to increase their activity,” he had said, using the state-designated term for the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).
Pakistan has witnessed an uptick in terror activities, especially in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan, after the TTP ended its ceasefire with the government in November 2022.
Militant violence and security operations intensified in March, with the number of militant attacks surpassing 100 for the first time since November 2014, according to a report by the Pakistan Institute for Conflict and Security Studies.
