ISLAMABAD: Three militants, who targeted a police check post in the country’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province, were killed by Pakistani security forces on Tuesday who cordoned off the area to block all possible escape routes, said an official statement.
Pakistan has witnessed a major surged in militant violence in recent months after a proscribed network, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), unilaterally called off its fragile ceasefire with the government in November.
The TTP is said to have its leadership in Afghanistan and has mostly targeted civilians and security forces in Pakistan’s western provinces of KP and Balochistan.
The recent operation, which was launched by the security forces in Dera Ismail Khan, took place in the early hours of Tuesday after information about the attack on the police installation was received.
“After intense exchange of fire, three terrorists were sent to hell,” said the military’s media wing, ISPR, in the statement. “Weapons and ammunition were also recovered from the killed terrorists.”
The statement added that three security personnel, between the ages of 22 and 42, also lost their lives.
“Sanitization of the area is being carried out to eliminate any terrorists found in the area,” the statement added. “Pakistan Army is determined to eliminate the menace of terrorism and such sacrifices of our brave soldiers further strengthen our resolve.”
Security forces kill three militants in Pakistan’s northwest
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Security forces kill three militants in Pakistan’s northwest
- The militants were targeted after they launched an attack on a police check post in Dera Ismail Khan
- Three security personnel also lost lives amid heavy exchange of fire while trying to block escape routes
Security forces kill four militants in Pakistan’s volatile southwest, military says
- Balochistan, Pakistan’s largest province by land area bordering Iran and Afghanistan, has long been the site of a low-level insurgency
- The Balochistan government has recently established a threat assessment center to strengthen early warning, prevent ‘terrorism’ incidents
ISLAMABAD: Pakistani security forces gunned down four militants in an intelligence-based operation in the southwestern Balochistan province, the military said on Tuesday.
The operation was conducted in Balochistan’s Kalat district on reports about the presence of militants, according to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the Pakistani military’s media wing.
The “Indian-sponsored militants” were killed in an exchange of fire during the operation, while weapons and ammunition were also recovered from the deceased, who remained actively involved in numerous militant activities.
“Sanitization operations are being conducted to eliminate any other Indian-sponsored terrorist found in the area,” the ISPR said in a statement.
There was no immediate response from New Delhi to the statement.
Balochistan, Pakistan’s largest province by land area bordering Iran and Afghanistan, has long been the site of a low-level insurgency involving Baloch separatist groups, including the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) and the Balochistan Liberation Front (BLF).
Pakistan accuses India of supporting these separatist militant groups and describes them as “Fitna Al-Hindustan.” New Delhi denies the allegation.
The government in Balochistan has also established a state-of-the-art threat assessment center to strengthen early warning and prevention against “terrorism” incidents, a senior official said this week.
“Information that was once scattered is now shared and acted upon in time, allowing the state to move from reacting after incidents to preventing them before they occur,” Balochistan Additional Chief Secretary Hamza Shafqaat wrote on X.
The development follows a steep rise in militancy-related deaths in Pakistan in 2025. According to statistics released by the Pakistan Institute for Conflict and Security Studies (PICSS) last month, combat-related deaths in 2025 rose 73 percent to 3,387.
These included 2,115 militants, 664 security forces personnel, 580 civilians and 28 members of pro-government peace committees, the think tank said.
