By ISPR
RAWALPINDI: Security forces neutralised 21 India-backed Fitna al-Khawarij terrorists, including four ring leaders, in the Miran Shah area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s North Waziristan district over the past 72 hours, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on Saturday.
In a statement, the military’s media wing said security forces engaged multiple terrorist locations in Miran Shah and its surrounding areas during a series of intelligence-based operations in the district. It added that following fierce exchanges of fire, 21 terrorists — including four ring leaders identified as Khalid Raza alias Salar, Muftoon, Musa, and Imran alias Ayan — were killed.
The ISPR said the killed ring leaders were highly wanted for their involvement in numerous terrorist activities, including the killing of security forces personnel and innocent civilians. In a similar operation in the area last week, 27 India-sponsored terrorists were killed in Miran Shah.
“So far, a total of 48 Khawarij have been killed in these highly skilful and precise operations,” the military’s media wing said. Security forces also recovered weapons and ammunition from the killed terrorists, who remained actively involved in various terrorist activities and targeted killings of civilians.
Sanitisation operations are continuing to eliminate remaining terrorists from the area, as the counter-terrorism campaign under the vision of “Azm-e-Istehkam”, approved by the Federal Apex Committee on the National Action Plan, continues at full pace, the military said.
Pakistan has also carried out precise and calibrated strikes along the Afghan border, targeting hideouts and safe havens of planners involved in recent terrorist incidents in the country. At least 26 terrorists were killed in those strikes, Information Minister Attaullah Tarar said on Wednesday.
