Pakistan carried out “precision strikes” along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border targeting militant hideouts, killing 26 Fitna al-Khawarij terrorists in response to recent attacks in the country, Information Minister Attaullah Tarar said on Wednesday.
The statement came a day after six personnel of the Federal Constabulary were martyred while confronting militants linked to the outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan during an operation in the Hassan Khel area near Peshawar.
In a statement shared on X, Tarar said the strikes were launched following recent attacks, including an assault on a Federal Constabulary post in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on June 9, a vehicle-borne suicide attack on a military post in North Waziristan on June 2, and an attack on a police station in Bannu on May 9.