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Business Recorder
25-04-2025
- Politics
- Business Recorder
6 terrorists killed, 4 injured in Bannu operation, says ISPR
Security forces killed six terrorists in an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in the Bannu district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the military's media wing said on Friday. The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a statement that the operation was conducted on the night of April 23-24 after reports of the presence of militants in the area. Security forces engaged the militants' location, killing six and injuring four others after an intense exchange of fire, the ISPR said. 'A sanitisation operation is being conducted to eliminate any other Khawarij found in the area as the security forces of Pakistan are 'determined to wipe out the menace of terrorism from the country and such sacrifices of our brave soldiers further strengthen our resolve', it added. Earlier this week, the security forces killed six terrorists in two separate operations in North and South Waziristan districts, the ISPR said. In the first operation, conducted on the reported presence of terrorists in the Razmak area of North Waziristan, five 'Khawarij' were killed. 'Own troops effectively engaged the location; resultantly, five Khwarij were sent to hell,' said the ISPR statement. In a separate operation in South Waziristan, a key militant commander identified as Zabi Ullah alias Zakran was killed.
Arab News
21-04-2025
- Politics
- Arab News
Militant ‘ringleader' among six insurgents killed in northwest Pakistan — army
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Army said on Monday a militant 'ringleader' was among six insurgents killed in two intelligence-based operations in the northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. In recent months, the military has launched frequent operations in the restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province bordering Afghanistan. The army's target in the area is militants it says launch attacks inside Pakistan and against the army using safe havens in Afghanistan, a charge Kabul denies. Groups like the Pakistani Taliban, commonly known as the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), have been waging a war against the Pakistani state for nearly two decades in a bid to overthrow the government and replace it with what they consider an Islamic system of governance. 'On 20-21 April 2025, six Khwarij [militants] were sent to hell in two separate engagements in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province,' the army said in a statement. One operation was in the South Waziristan district, where the army said militant 'ringleader' Zabi Ullah was killed. The statement said he had 'remained actively involved in numerous terrorist activities against security forces as well as in target killing of innocent civilians and was highly wanted by the Law Enforcement Agencies.' Another intelligence-based operation was conducted in Razmak, North Waziristan District, in which five militants were killed. Militants have intensified their attacks since revoking a ceasefire with the government in late 2022, with recent months witnessing significant strikes targeting the military and its bases.
