ISLAMABAD: Eleven terrorists were killed by Pakistan security forces during an intelligence-based operation in north-western Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, according to Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR).
The military media wing said that over the last 48 hours, following intense and fierce exchanges of fire, “eleven khwarij” were killed in what it described as “belonging to Indian-sponsored Fitna-al-Khwarij.”
Pakistan officially refers to the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) as “Fitna al-Khawarij,” drawing on a historical term associated with violent extremism, to underscore the group’s ideology, attacks against civilians, and rejection of state authority.
“Weapons and ammunition have also been recovered from killed Indian sponsored Khwarij, who remained actively involved in numerous terrorist activities in the area,” the statement said.
The military said the operation is continuing to eliminate terrorists hiding in the area as part of Pakistan's ongoing counterterrorism campaign under "Azm-e-Istehkam," approved by the Federal Apex Committee under the National Action Plan.
It said the campaign by security forces and law enforcement agencies would continue at full pace to eliminate what it described as foreign-sponsored terrorism from the country.
Islamabad has intensified counterterrorism operations against terrorist networks operating along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, with Pakistani officials saying Afghan Taliban authorities have yet to take effective and verifiable action against terrorist hideouts and cross-border infiltration routes used for attacks inside Pakistan.
