Key points
- Infiltrating terrorists plotted terror attacks
- Locals help security forces during raid
- Weapons and ammunition were recovered
ISLAMABAD: Pakistani security forces have arrested four terrorists during a successful operation near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in the Toba Kakri area of the southern Balochistan province.
Weapons, including Kalashnikovs, hand grenades and other firearms were recovered from the arrested terrorists.
According to Radio Pakistan, the arrested terrorists confessed to planning a major terrorist attack.
In his confessional statement, one arrested terrorist said they entered Pakistan three days ago from Afghanistan.
The security sources said the locals of the area played a significant role in the success of this operation against the terrorists.
Positive development
Defence experts described it a positive development that the local population is fighting alongside security forces against the terrorists.
They said the primary reason for the rise in terrorism in Pakistan is the terrorist organisations flourishing on Afghan soil.
They said Afghanistan has become a haven for terrorists and immediate international action is needed.
The development comes following revelations by prominent Afghan journalist Bilal Sarwary that the 18 terrorists that were killed recently by the Pakistan Army near the Pak-Afghan border belonged to the Afghanistan army.
In a post on X, formerly Twitter, Sarwary posted: Eighteen Taliban soldiers fighting alongside the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) against Pakistani forces in Ghulam Khan were killed.
Eighteen Taliban soldiers fighting alongside the TTP against Pakistani forces in Ghulam Khan were killed. All eighteen were from Wardak province, including five from Chaaak district, specifically from Khawaat and Seebaak villages. Chaaak district, Wardak, Logar, Ghazni, and the…
— BILAL SARWARY (@bsarwary) March 4, 2025
“Despite the Taliban’s claims of securing peace, their fighters continue to die in foreign conflicts, raising serious questions about their real priorities. If the Taliban have ended Afghanistan’s war, why are Afghan fighters still dying in Pakistan? The steady return of coffins is devastating rural communities, while the Taliban leadership remains silent, offering no justification for these sacrifices”, the journalist said.
