Security forces killed 24 militants during a series of intelligence-based operations (IBOs) in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s Bannu district and adjoining areas over the past 24 hours, the military’s media wing said on Friday.
According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the operations were launched “in the backdrop of a recent surge in terrorist activities against Police and vehicle-borne suicide bombing in Bannu District.”
The ISPR said the recent attacks were carried out by “Indian proxy Fitna Al Khawarij,” targeting law enforcement personnel and civilians.
“Security forces had initiated extensive joint intelligence-based operations to hunt the perpetrators of these heinous attacks and their support infrastructure,” the ISPR said.
The military’s media wing added that, following intense exchanges of fire in Bannu and adjoining areas over the last 24 hours, “twenty-four khwarij belonging to Indian proxy Fitna Al Khwarij were killed.”
Fitna al-Khawarij is the term used by the Pakistani state to refer to militants belonging to the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).