QUETTA/PESHAWAR: Security forces killed at least 11 terrorists affiliated with Fitna al-Hindustan and Fitna al-Khwarij during intelligence-based operations (IBOs) in Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, security sources said on Saturday.
According to the sources, security forces carried out operations in the mountainous South Waziristan district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, targeting militant hideouts.
Five terrorists affiliated with Fitna al-Khwarij were killed during the operation, while their hideouts were also destroyed, the sources said.
A large quantity of weapons and ammunition was recovered from the killed militants, according to security sources.
The sources said the operations inflicted significant losses on the militant group in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Further details about the operations in Balochistan were not provided in the available information.