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74 Terrorists Killed in KP, Balochistan OperationsPakistan
ISPR figures break down as 43 killed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in 48 hours and 31 in Quetta district since November 3, with weapons and explosives recovered from militant hideouts.
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Security forces have killed 74 terrorists in intelligence-based operations in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan, the military’s media wing, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), said on Friday.
According to the ISPR, 43 of the terrorists were killed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa over the past 48 hours, while 31 were killed in Balochistan in an operation that has been under way since November 3. The figures were reported by Dawn, Business Recorder, Geo News and The Express Tribune, all citing the ISPR statements.
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In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the ISPR said security forces carried out intelligence-based operations in Mir Ali in North Waziristan district and in Orakzai district after receiving reports about the presence of militants. Thirty-five terrorists were killed in Mir Ali and eight in Orakzai following what the military described as intense exchanges of fire.
In Balochistan, the military said troops have been conducting a comprehensive intelligence-based area sanitisation operation in the Kurram area of Quetta district since November 3. During the operation, security forces engaged several militant hideouts and killed 31 terrorists, the ISPR said.
The ISPR described the militants as belonging to groups it calls Fitna al-Khawarij and Fitna al-Hindustan, which the military says are backed by India. The military said a large cache of weapons, ammunition and explosives, including improvised explosive devices, was recovered from the hideouts.
The military said the operations were part of the national counterterrorism campaign Azm-e-Istehkam and would continue until terrorism was eliminated. It said sanitisation operations were continuing in the affected areas to clear any remaining militants.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif praised the security forces for the operation in the Kurram area of Quetta, according to reports of his statement. The ISPR said the security forces remained determined to wipe out what it described as the menace of foreign-sponsored terrorism from the country.
The operations come amid a continuing counterterrorism campaign in both provinces, where security forces have carried out a series of intelligence-based operations against militant networks in recent months. The military has repeatedly said that such operations are launched on verified intelligence about the presence of militants and their hideouts.
Officials have not released the identities of those killed in the latest operations. The ISPR statements did not mention any casualties among security personnel in these operations. Further details about the recovered weapons and the areas cleared during the operations were not immediately available.
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