Comprehensive joint operations being carried out in two provinces to weed out terrorists, says military’s media wing
Rawalpindi
Security forces have eliminated 32 India-backed terrorists during operations conducted in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and Balochistan over the last 24 hours, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on Wednesday.
In a statement, the military’s media wing said that comprehensive joint operations were being carried out in different parts of KP and Balochistan to weed out Fitna al-Khawarij and Fitna al-Hindustan terrorists and their facilitators.
“In [the] last 24 hours, security forces have successfully eliminated 32 terrorists of these Indian proxies,” read the communique.
“On night [of] 28/29 July, multiple intelligence-based area sanitisation and targeted operations were conducted in district Khyber of KP,” the ISPR said.
During these targeted operations, security forces effectively engaged different terrorist locations, killing 24 terrorists belonging to Fitna al-Khawarij, it added.
According to the ISPR, security forces also conducted multiple intelligence-based operations in District Nushki of Balochistan, where, after an intense engagement, eight terrorists belonging to Fitna al-Hindustan were eliminated.
Security forces also recovered and destroyed weapons, ammunition, and improvised explosive devices used by terrorists.
Sanitisation operations were being conducted to eliminate any other Indian-sponsored terrorist found in the area, the ISPR said.
A report by the Centre for Research and Security Studies (CRSS) showed KP and Balochistan were the epicentres of violence, with the former recording as the worst hit region, during the second quarter of 2026.
Jointly, the two provinces accounted for almost 96% of all violence-linked fatalities, with over 61% (475) recorded in the former and 34% (265) in the latter province, according to the report.
KP recorded the highest number of violent incidents in the second quarter, with 151 cases (57%), followed by Balochistan with 94 incidents (35%), accounting for the majority of reported violence.
