
RAWALPINDI: Security forces have killed 71 terrorists, including those trying to infiltrate, in a series of successful operations near the Pak-Afghan border in the last three days.
According to the military’s media wing, at least 54 khwarij were neaturalised on April 25-26 in North Waziristan District, after which a deliberate sanitisation operation was conducted on April 27-28.
During the operation in the surrounding areas of Hassan Khel, NWD, along the Pakistan-Afghanistan Border, 17 more terrorists, who were operating on the behest of their Indian masters, were hunted down and successfully neutralized, the ISPR said in a brief statement.
Furthermore, the ISPR said that “weapons, ammunition & explosives were also recovered from the killed khwarij.” The number of khwarij killed in three days anti inflation operation has risen to 71,” the statement added.
“The security forces remain committed to securing the nation’s frontiers and thwarting attempts at sabotaging peace, stability, and progress of Pakistan,” it added.