ISLAMABAD: Frontier Corps Balochistan killed two militants during an intelligence-based operation, as part of measures to weed out their alleged hideouts from Pakistan’s southern province, the military’s media wing, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), said on Friday.
The operation was conducted in Kalat, Kharan, and the Maiwand areas of Balochistan.
Frontier Corps also recovered a cache of arms and ammunition during the crackdown. (Photo courtesy: ISPR)
“Weapons and ammunition, including sub-machine guns, IEDs (Improvised Explosive Devices), grenades, mines, RPG-7 rockets, and communication equipment were also recovered,” the ISPR said in a statement.
The operation is part of the Pakistan army’s ongoing “Radd-ul-Fasaad” (elimination of strife) initiative which is being carried out across the country, the ISPR’s statement added.
In February 2017, the army — with the support of local enforcement agencies --launched the “Radd-ul-Fasaad” operation.
At the time, the army had said that the aim of the nationwide operation was to eliminate militancy and gain a foothold in the counter-terrorism operations being conducted for the past several years in Pakistan.
On Wednesday, Pakistan’s Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa — while addressing soldiers in Bahawalpur city, in southern Punjab — said that Pakistan is a “peace-loving country and looks forward to peace within” and outside of it’s borders, keeping “in line with the vision of father of the nation.”
