In a precisely executed operation in the Mohmand district, Pakistan’s security forces foiled an attempted cross‑border infiltration and killed 30 militants belonging to the group referred to by authorities as Fitna al‑Khawarij. Security sources say the infiltration attempt; planned to penetrate into settled areas, was being supported by elements of the Afghan Taliban, but timely detection and a rapid, coordinated response by the troops prevented a larger breach.
According to officials, the militants were moving in an organised formation when security forces engaged them with accurate fire and focused clearing operations. The operation eliminated the immediate threat before the militants could disperse into local communities or target security installations. Authorities recovered weapons from the scene and said the action dealt a significant blow to the group’s operational capability in the sector.
Security sources stressed that the Khawarij had been attempting to exploit porous border routes and sympathetic safe havens across the frontier. The success of the Mohmand operation, they said, demonstrates improved intelligence‑driven intercepts and better inter‑agency coordination along the western border.
Defence officials also placed the Mohmand action in the context of other recent clashes: earlier on Wednesday (today), border posts across Balochistan and parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa came under coordinated attacks by the Afghan Taliban and Fitna al‑Khawarij. Those attacks were repelled, with officials previously reporting heavy militant casualties.
