Security forces have neutralized 43 Indian-sponsored Khwarij during a series of intelligence-based operations in North Waziristan’s Mir Ali area and Orakzai district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa over the last 48 hours, dealing a significant blow to terrorist networks operating in the province.
According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the operations were expanded to Mir Ali and Orakzai as part of an intensified counterterrorism campaign aimed at eliminating terrorist threats and dismantling Khwarij networks.
During the engagements, security forces effectively targeted multiple Khwarij locations. Following intense exchanges of fire, 35 terrorists belonging to Indian-sponsored Fitna al-Khwarij were neutralized in Mir Ali, while another eight were eliminated in Orakzai.
The operations also resulted in the recovery of a substantial cache of weapons, ammunition and explosives, including homemade explosives and improvised explosive devices (IEDs), during subsequent sanitization activities. The recovery has prevented the terrorists from using these materials in planned terrorist activities.
Sanitization operations are continuing in both areas to locate and eliminate any remaining Khwarij who may be hiding in the affected locations.
The ISPR said the counterterrorism campaign under the vision of Azm-e-Istehkam, approved by the Federal Apex Committee on the National Action Plan, would continue at full pace. Security forces and law enforcement agencies remain committed to eliminating foreign-sponsored and supported terrorism from the country.
