Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: In a determined effort to eliminate terrorist threats, Security Forces are conducting a series of intelligence-based operations in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. The operations, which have been expanded to Mir Ali and Orakzai, have led to significant engagements with khwarij networks.

According to Inter Services Public Relations, over the last 48 hours, Security Forces have effectively engaged multiple khwarij locations. After intense exchanges of fire, thirty-five khwarij members associated with the Indian-sponsored Fitna-al-Khwarij were neutralized in Mir Ali, while eight were neutralized in Orakzai. These operations have inflicted a significant blow to the khwarij networks operating in these areas.

A large cache of weapons, ammunition, and explosives, including homemade explosives and improvised explosive devices, was recovered during the sanitization process. This thwarted the khwarij’s plans to use these materials in terrorist activities. Sanitization operations continue as part of the relentless counter-terrorism campaign under the vision “Azm e Istehkam,” approved by the Federal Apex Committee on the National Action Plan. Security Forces and Law Enforcement Agencies of Pakistan remain committed to wiping out foreign-sponsored and supported terrorism from the country.