Security forces have killed 13 terrorists in two separate operations in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the military’s media affairs wing said on Thursday.
A statement by Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said the operations were conducted on January 13-14, during which “Indian Proxy Fitna-al-Khawarij” were killed.
Fitna-al-Khawarij is a term designated for the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban by the state.
The ISPR statement said one of the intelligence-based operations was carried out in KP’s Bannu district on the reported presence terrorists.
“During the conduct of the operation, own troops effectively engaged the khawarij location and after an intense fire exchange, eight khawarij were sent to hell,” it added.
ISPR further stated that another intelligence-based operation was conducted by security forces in KP’s Kurram district.
“In the ensuing fire exchange, five khawarij were effectively neutralised,” it added.
ISPR further stated that sanitisation operations were being conducted to “eliminate any other Indian-sponsored kharji found in the area as relentless counter-terrorism campaign under [the] vision [of] “Azm-i-Istehkam” (as approved by federal apex committee on National Action Plan) by security forces and law enforcement agencies of Pakistan will continue at full pace to wipe out the menace of foreign sponsored and supported terrorism from the country”.
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