Security forces killed 11 terrorists during a series of intelligence-based operations (IBOs) conducted over the last 48 hours in Datta Khel area of North Waziristan district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, the army’s media wing said on Sunday.
An Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) statement stated that security forces were involved in “multiple Khawarij places” in the area, which caused “intense and fierce exchanges of gunfire.”
“11 khawarij belonging to sponsored by India Fitna al-Khawarij were effectively neutralized during the operations,” he said.
In continuation of a series of intelligence-based operations, in the last forty-eight hours, security forces attacked multiple locations of Khwarijs in the general area of Datta Khel, North Waziristan District.
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Fitna al-Khawarijterm used by the state for terrorists associated with the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan.
The statement further added that arms and ammunition were recovered from the terrorists, who had been “actively involved in numerous terrorist activities in the area”.
The military said disinfection operations were continuing to eliminate remaining terrorists from the area.
ISPR said the anti-terror campaign under the Azm-e-Istehkam The framework would continue “at full pace to eliminate the threat of foreign-sponsored and supported terrorism from the country.”
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A day earlier, in a joint operation, law enforcement agencies (LEAs), security forces and local militia members neutralized at least twenty-five terrorists, including a commander belonging to the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), in Bannu.
A police officer and a volunteer were killed, while five people, including a child, were injured during the operation.
Last week, security forces also killed 22 terrorists during a clearance operation also in North Waziristan district.
KP has been fighting terrorism since the US expulsion from Afghanistan, and terrorists often cross the border to attack police convoys and vehicles, resulting in the deaths of several officials and staff.
Pakistan’s Institute of Conflict and Security Studies, in a report, said 85 verified terrorist attacks were recorded in April, down from 146 in March, representing a 42% decline, while deaths from such attacks fell from 106 to 60, extending a downward trajectory that had begun the previous month.
The report attributed the improvement to Pakistan’s cross-border military campaign against terrorist groups and Taliban positions between February 26 and March 18, which later gave way to a suspension of hostilities and talks in Urumqi, China.
