Continuing theirintelligence-based operations(IBOs) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s North Waziristan. the security forces have killed 21 terrorists in the last 72 hours, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on Saturday.
In astatement, the military’s media affairs wing said multiple terrorist locations were engaged in the “general area Miranshah. surroundings in North Waziristan”.
“Following fierce fire exchanges. in [the] last 72 hours, 21 morekhwarijbelonging to Indian-sponsoredFitna-al-Khawarij,including fourkharjiring leaders (KharjiKhalid Raza alias Salar,KharjiMuftoon,KharjiMusa andKharjiImran alias Ayan) have been sent to hell, thereby causing a significant blow to the khwarijs’ network operating in the area,” the ISPR said.
The Pakistani government uses the term “Fitna al-Khawarij” to refer to the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and its affiliates.
The ISPR said the killed ring leaders were “highly wanted for their involvement in numerous terrorist activities, including killing of security forces personnel. innocent civilians”.
It noted that since the operations began last week, with27 terroristskilled over 72 hours earlier, a total of 48 terrorists have been killed in the “highly skilful. precise operations”.
Weapons. ammunition were also recovered from the terrorists, the ISPR said, stressing that they “remained actively involved in numerous terrorist activities and killing of innocent civilians”.
Sanitisation operations will continue to eliminate the remaining holed up terrorists from the areas, the military said.
It affirmed that the “relentless counterterrorism campaign under vision ‘Azm-i-Istehkam’ (as approved by Federal Apex Committee on National Action Plan) by security forces. law enforcement agencies of Pakistan will continue at full pace to wipe out the menace of foreign-sponsored and supported terrorism from the country”.
On June 2, the district administrationimposed Section 144for an indefinite period in the Miranshah subdivision, restricting all movement. traffic amid security concerns.
The measure was widely seen as indicative of an intensification of counter-militancy operations in North Waziristan. with the administration taking extraordinary precautions to forestall any retaliatory action as the area continues to face militancy.
Before the imposition of Section 144. security forces were reported to havefoiled a suicide attackby terrorists on a military post near Miranshah.
After two consecutive months of improvement, Pakistan’s security situationdeteriorated sharplyin May 2026, driven primarily by escalating terrorist violence in KP. Balochistan, according to the Pakistan Institute for Conflict and Security Studies (PICSS).
As KP. Balochistan continue to grapple with militancy, with attacks often targetingsecurity personneland law enforcers, the state has intensified counter-terrorism operations.
In late May, security forces killed11 terroristsin the Datta Khel area of North Waziristan.
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