74 khwarij killed in security operations in Quetta and KP: ISPR

RAWALPINDI: At least 74 khwarij belonging to the Indian-sponsored Fitna-al-Khwarij were killed during security forces operations in Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on Friday.

According to the military’s media wing, security forces have been conducting comprehensive intelligence-based area sanitisation operations in the Kurram area of Quetta district, Balochistan, since November 3, targeting elements of the Indian-backed Fitna-al-Khwarij and Fitna-al-Hindustan.

During the operations, multiple terrorist hideouts were effectively engaged and thirty one Indian sponsored khwarij were killed. Weapons, ammunition and explosives were also recovered from the Khwariji locations.

Meanwhile, security forces have launched a series of intelligence-based operations across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to eliminate terrorist threats and dismantle Khwarij networks. The operations have been expanded to Mir Ali and Orakzai, according to the ISPR.

Over the past 48 hours, security forces effectively engaged multiple khwarij locations. Following intense and fierce exchanges of fire, 35 khwarij belonging to Indian-sponsored Fitna-al-Khwarij have been neutralised in Mir Ali and eight khwarij were killed in Orakzai, thereby inflicting a significant blow to the khwarij networks operating in these areas.

This brought the total number of fatalities in the security operations to 74.

The military’s media wing said a large cache of weapons, ammunition and explosives, including homemade explosives and improvised explosive devices (IEDs), was also recovered during the sanitisation operations. Security forces thwarted Khwarij’s nefarious designs to use these materials in terrorist activities.

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The ISPR said the counterterrorism campaign under the vision of “Azm-e-Istehkam”, approved by the Federal Apex Committee under the National Action Plan, would continue at full pace.

Security forces and law enforcement agencies remain committed to eliminating the threat of foreign-sponsored and supported terrorism from the country, it added.