ISLAMABAD: 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, the military’s media wing, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), said in a statement on Monday.
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.
During the conduct of the operation, security forces effectively engaged the terrorists’ location and after an intense fire exchange, Indian sponsored terrorist Younas was killed, while two Indian sponsored terrorists were injured, ISPR stated.
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.
Weapons, ammunition and explosives were also recovered from the killed Indian sponsored terrorists, who remained actively involved in multiple terrorist activities against the Law Enforcement Agencies as well as target killing of innocent civilians, ISPR said.
Sanitization operations are being conducted to eliminate any terrorists present in the area. “Security forces of Pakistan, in step with the nation, remain determined to thwart attempts by Indian proxies at sabotaging peace, stability and progress of Balochistan,” ISPR stated.
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.
