ISLAMABAD: Pakistan security forces neutralised eight India-sponsored terrorists during an engagement along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in North Waziristan District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) on Thursday.
According to the military’s media wing, a movement of a group of India-backed terrorists, also known as Fitna al-Khawarij, was picked up by the security forces on April 1.
The ISPR added that security forces effectively engaged the group of terrorists, adding that as a result of “precise and skilful engagement,” eight of them were gunned down. It said that weapons and ammunition were also recovered from the killed terrorists.
“The engagement once again substantiates our repeated stance regarding the abject failure of the Afghan Taliban regime to ensure effective border management on their side of the border. Afghan Taliban Regime must fulfil its obligations and deny the use of Afghan soil by khwarij and involvement of its citizens in terrorism inside Pakistan,” said the ISPR.
Operation Ghazab lil-Haq
The military’s media wing said that the security forces of Pakistan remain resolute and unwavering in their commitment to defend the nation’s frontiers.
“Sanitisation operations are being conducted to eliminate any other Indian-sponsored kharji found in the area,” the ISPR said, adding that the relentless Counter Terrorism campaign under vision “Azm-e-Istehkam” will continue at full pace to wipe out the menace of foreign-sponsored and supported terrorism from the country.
Pakistan has witnessed a significant surge in cross-border militant activity since the Afghan Taliban took control of Afghanistan in 2021, especially in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan, both of which border Afghanistan.
In response to the escalating attacks, Pakistan launched “Operation Ghazab lil-Haq.”
