Multiple operations
\nAt least 23 India-backed Fitna al-Khawarij terrorists gunned down in Kurram alone, says ISPR
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\nAt least 30 Indian proxy Fitna al-Khawarij terrorists were killed during multiple operations conducted by security forces in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), the military\u2019s media wing said on Thursday.
\nThe Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), in a statement, said that an intelligence-based operation (IBO), conducted in Mohmand district on November 18-19, resulted in the killing of four terrorists.
\n\u201cAnother intelligence-based operation was conducted in Lakki Marwat district. In ensuing fire exchange, two khawarij were effectively neutralised by the security forces,\u201d it added.
\nSecurity forces killed another Fitna al-Khawarij terrorist during the third encounter that took place in the Tank district. In the Kurram district, as many as 12 terrorists were neutralised after an intense exchange of fire during a targeted operation conducted on the reported presence of militants on November 19.
\n\u201cCapitalising on intelligence with respect to presence of another group of khawarij, in same general area, in another intelligence-based operation, own troops successfully neutralised 11 more,\u201d the ISPR\u2019s statement added.
\nSanitisation operations were underway to eliminate any other India-backed terrorists found in the areas.
\nThe successful IBOs come as armed forces have intensified efforts to eradicate terrorism under the Azm-e-Istehkam operation. Terrorist attacks have seen a sharp increase in Pakistan, particularly in the bordering provinces of KP and Balochistan, since 2021, when the Afghan Taliban regime came into power.
\nA police report noted that KP alone recorded over 600 terror incidents, in which at least 79 police personnel were martyred alongside 138 civilians, during the first eight months of 2025.
\nThe violence spread to other regions of the country, including Islamabad, where a suicide bombing on November 11 resulted in the martyrdom of 12 and 36 others were injured, among them lawyers and petitioners.
\nIslamabad has repeatedly urged Kabul and the international community to address the presence of terrorist safe havens in Afghanistan, including those of the outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).
\nDespite Pakistan\u2019s efforts to engage the Taliban regime on the issue of cross-border terrorism, Kabul has remained largely unresponsive to its concerns.
\nThe recent talks, mediated by Qatar and Turkiye, about regional peace ended without a result due to what Islamabad said were the Taliban\u2019s \u201cillogical arguments\u201d and their views far from reality.
\nPakistan\u2019s position on terrorism emanating from Afghanistan also received support from the head of the UN Security Council\u2019s Daesh and Al-Qaeda Sanctions Committee.
\nDenmark\u2019s Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN, Sandra Jensen Landi \u2014 who also serves as the committee\u2019s chair \u2014 presented a report to the UNSC, stating that the TTP carried out multiple high-profile attacks in Pakistan from Afghan soil.
\nShe termed the TTP \u201ca serious threat\u201d emanating from the region, saying that the terrorist group was receiving constant logistical and substantial support from the \u201cde facto\u201d authorities in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Multiple operations At least 23 India-backed Fitna al-Khawarij terrorists gunned down in Kurram alone, says ISPR rawalpindi At least 30 Indian proxy Fitna al-Khawarij terrorists were killed during multiple operations conducted by security forces in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), the military\u2019s media wing said on Thursday. The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), in a statement, said that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":452019,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-515696","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-top-news"},"yoast_head":"\n