ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s security forces killed three militants and injured four more in an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in the country’s northwestern Karak district, said an official statement by the military’s media wing, ISPR, on Saturday.
Pakistan has witnessed a surge in militant violence for over a year, though it has largely been confined to its western provinces of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan located right next to the neighboring state of Afghanistan.
Much of these activities, including deadly suicide bombings, increased since Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), a proscribed network of armed factions, called off a fragile ceasefire with the government in November 2022.
Pakistani security forces have carried out several IBOs in recent months to deal with militants hiding in the remote areas of the two provinces.
“During the conduct of operation, intense fire exchange took place between own troops and the terrorists,” the ISPR said, adding that this resulted in the death of three militants and injuries to four of their accomplices.
The statement added that weapons, ammunition and explosives were also recovered from the militants, who were actively involved in violent activities against law enforcement agencies and innocent civilians.
Pakistani security forces kill three militants in intelligence-based operation in northwest
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Pakistani security forces kill three militants in intelligence-based operation in northwest
- The military’s media wing says four militants were also injured in intense exchange of fire in Karak district
- Security forces seized weapons, ammunition and explosives from the militants involved in violent activities
Pakistan, Afghanistan border clashes kill 5, officials say
- Afghanistan and Pakistan trade blame for “unprovoked firing” along Chaman-Spin Boldak border
- Exchange takes place nearly a week after a fresh round of peace talks between neighbors failed
KABUL: Pakistan and Afghanistan exchanged heavy fire along their border late on Friday, officials from both countries said, killing at least five people amid heightened tensions following failed peace talks last weekend.
Afghan Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said Pakistani forces launched attacks in the Spin Boldak district of Kandahar province.
His deputy Hamdullah Fitra told Reuters that shelling by Pakistan killed five people, including a Taliban member.
A spokesman for Pakistan’s prime minister said Afghan forces carried out “unprovoked firing” along the Chaman border.
“Pakistan remains fully alert and committed to ensuring its territorial integrity and the safety of our citizens,” spokesman Mosharraf Zaidi said in a statement.
The exchange came nearly a week after a new round of peace talks between the South Asian neighbors ended without a breakthrough, although both sides agreed to continue their fragile ceasefire.
The talks in Saudi Arabia last weekend were the latest in a series of meetings hosted by Qatar, Turkiye and Saudi Arabia to cool tensions following deadly border clashes in October.
At the heart of the dispute, Islamabad says Afghan-based militants have carried out recent attacks in Pakistan, including suicide bombings involving Afghan nationals. Kabul denied the charge, saying it could not be held responsible for security inside Pakistan.
Dozens were killed in October’s clashes, the worst violence on the border since the Taliban took power in Afghanistan in 2021.
