ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s security forces killed 23 militants linked to the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in two intelligence-based operations between Nov. 16 and Nov. 18 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, according to a statement issued by the military’s media wing, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR).
ISPR said the first operation took place in Bajaur district, which borders eastern Afghanistan, where 11 militants were killed, including what the statement described as “ring leader Sajjad Abuzar.”
In a separate operation in Bannu district, 12 additional militants were killed, the ISPR statement added.
Security sources also confirmed that last week, in another operation in the Kulachi tehsil of Dera Ismail Khan district, forces killed at least 10 terrorists, including a commander. The sources said that “four terrorists were also injured” during that operation, identifying the dead as “Alam Mehsud, Sari, Sajid, and Tariq.”
According to ISPR, follow-up sanitization operations are underway to eliminate any remaining “Indian-sponsored Khawarij found in the area.”
Pakistan uses the term "khawarij" to refer to the proscribed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, an umbrella network of armed terrorist groups.
The military emphasized that counterterrorism efforts would continue under the Azm-e-Istehkam framework, stating that forces would operate “at full pace to wipe out the threats of foreign-sponsored and supported terrorism from the country.”
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