ISLAMABAD — Security forces killed 74 terrorists during a series of intelligence-based operations (IBOs) in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) and Balochistan, the the military media wing said on Friday. According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), 43 terrorists were killed in K-P over the past 48 hours, while another 31 were killed during operations in Balochistan.
The ISPR said security forces were conducting a series of IBOs in K-P to eliminate terrorist threats and dismantle khawarij networks. "These operations have been further expanded to the areas of Mir Ali and Orakzai," the statement added. "Over the last 48 hours, during the conducted series of IBOs, own troops effectively engaged multiple khawarij locations," it added.
"Following intense and fierce exchanges of fire, 35 khawarij belonging to Indian-sponsored Fitna-al-Khawarij have been neutralised in Mir Ali," the statement said, adding that eight more terrorists had been killed in Orakzai. Fitna al-Khawarij is the term the state uses for terrorists belonging to the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). The ISPR said the operations had dealt a significant blow to terrorist networks operating in these areas.