Pakistan’s security forces killed 32 militants during a series of intelligence-based operations carried out over the past 24 hours in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan, the military’s media wing said on Wednesday.
According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the operations targeted militant groups it identified as “Fitna al Khawarij” and “Fitna al Hindustan.”
The military said security forces conducted multiple intelligence-led operations and area clearance missions in Khyber district during the night of July 28-29, where 24 militants were killed.
In a separate operation in Nushki district of Balochistan, security personnel killed eight militants after what the ISPR described as an intense exchange of fire.
The military said troops recovered weapons, ammunition and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) from militant hideouts, which were subsequently destroyed.
According to the ISPR, clearance and sanitisation operations are continuing in the affected areas to eliminate any remaining militants and their facilitators.
The military said the operations form part of Pakistan’s ongoing Azm-e-Istehkam counterterrorism campaign, launched under the National Action Plan and approved by the Federal Apex Committee.
“The relentless counterterrorism campaign by the security forces and law enforcement agencies will continue at full pace to eliminate the menace of terrorism from the country,” the ISPR said.