On Friday, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said that security forces carried out intelligence-based operations in KP and killed 43 terrorists who were backed by India in the last 48 hours.
As part of the efforts to crack down on the activities of the terrorists, the military’s media wing stated that the security forces extended their operations against them to Mir Ali in North Waziristan and Orakzai district.
During the operations, troops came under heavy gunfire when they faced multiple terrorists, said the ISPR. In Mir Ali 35 terrorists were killed and eight in Orakzai.
Security forces also found a huge stockpile of weapons, ammunition and explosives in the course of subsequent clearance operations.
Recovered items were homemade explosives, improvised explosives and devices (IEDs), which are said to have been used by militants in terrorist activities.
The military said the recovery effort will help to foil the plans of terrorists.
Also, sanitisation operations are currently being conducted in the affected areas to identify and neutralise any remaining terrorists in the region, the statement added.
The ISPR reiterated that the security forces and law enforcement agencies will remain on a path of counterterrorism efforts to root out foreign-sponsored terrorism in the country following the vision of “Azm-e-Istehkam”.
The Federal Apex Committee under the National Action Plan (NAP) approved the campaign, which is part of the continued attempts to curb terrorist networks and their supporting infrastructure.
The military reaffirmed its commitment to maintaining pressure on the militant groups and operations in the region would continue until the threat of terror is eliminated.
