RAWALPINDI (Dunya News) – Security forces killed 43 terrorists during extensive intelligence based operations (IBOs) conducted in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and Balochistan since December 9, said ISPR.
The Inter Service Public Relations (ISPR) said the operations served a major setback to “Fitna-Al- Khwarij” and other terrorist groups operating in Balochistan.
It said the security forces conducted an operation Lakki Marwat on night between December 12 and 13. The troops effectively engaged the terrorists location and resultantly six were killed. Since 9 December, 18 militants have been killed in KP.
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Meanwhile, the security forces also neutralised ten terrorists in two separate IBOs conducted in Musa Khel and Panjgur districts of Balochistan on December 13.
The military’s media wing said that since 9 December, 25 terrorists have been killed in Balochistan.
These operations will continue till peace in the area is restored and terrorists are eliminated, as the security forces of Pakistan are determined to wipe out the menace of terrorism from the country, reads the ISPR statement.
Meanwhile, President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif have lauded the officers and personnel of security forces for the successful operations against terrorists in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan
In separate statements, the president and the prime minister commended the professional capabilities of the security forces for killing 43 terrorists in different areas of both provinces.