- Police joined high-tempo, intelligence-driven operations: ISPR
- Operations a part of ongoing counterterrorism marketing campaign: ISPR.
- Operations performed in eight districts throughout KP, Balochistan.
Safety forces and police killed 49 terrorists belonging to Indian proxy Fitna al-Khawarij and Fitna al-Hindustan in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and Balochistan in a sequence of “high-tempo joint intelligence-driven operations” performed in the previous few days, the army’s media wing mentioned on Friday.
In an announcement, the Inter-Companies Public Relations (ISPR) mentioned that in KP, the army’s media wing mentioned that 12 India-backed militants have been killed throughout a number of intelligence-based operations in Bannu, North Waziristan, Orakzai and Khyber districts.
It mentioned that safety forces recovered and destroyed a big amount of explosives, IED detonating remotes, weapons, ammunition and bikes in the course of the operations.
In Balochistan, the ISPR mentioned 37 militants belonging to India-sponsored Fitna al-Hindustan have been neutralised in 10 intelligence-based operations carried out in Mastung, Mach, Khuzdar and Panjgur districts.
The army’s media wing mentioned that safety forces additionally seized and destroyed a major amount of weapons, explosive drums and distant detonation gear.
The operations have been a part of an ongoing counterterrorism marketing campaign,” the ISPR added.
The event follows separate IBOs in Balochistan’s Ziarat, Harnai and Surab districts below Operation Rad-ul-Fitna-3 earlier this week that resulted within the killing of no less than 9 terrorists.
Based on the safety sources, ammunition, magazines, hand grenades, walkie-talkies, a motorbike and different gear have been recovered from the killed terrorists.
Pakistan has witnessed a surge in terror actions, significantly in its KP and Balochistan provinces, since 2021, when the Afghan Taliban got here into energy.
Based on a report by the Centre for Analysis and Safety Research (CRSS), the 2 provinces remained the nation’s primary hotspots for violence in the course of the second quarter of 2026, with KP rising because the worst-affected area.
The report said that KP and Balochistan collectively accounted for practically 96% of all violence-related fatalities recorded in the course of the quarter. Of the whole deaths, greater than 61% (475) have been reported in KP, whereas Balochistan accounted for 34% (265).
KP additionally recorded the very best variety of violent incidents, with 151 circumstances, representing 57% of the nationwide whole. Balochistan adopted with 94 incidents, or 35%, underscoring the focus of militant exercise within the two provinces.
