KARACHI: Pakistani security forces killed three militants in an intelligence-based operation in the northwestern Tank district on Saturday, the military’s media wing, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), said in a statement.
The operation in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province occurred days after a twin suicide bombing killed at least 18 people in nearby Bannu. The region has experienced increased militant violence since a ceasefire between the government and the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) collapsed in late 2022.
Pakistan refers to TTP fighters as “khawarij,” a term historically describing an extremist sect in early Islam known for rebelling against authority and declaring other Muslims apostates.
“On 08 March 2025, Security Forces conducted an intelligence-based operation in Tank District on reported presence of khawarij,” the ISPR said. “During the conduct of operation, own troops effectively engaged the khawarij location, as a result of which, three khawarij were sent to hell.”
The military recovered weapons and ammunition from the slain militants, who were allegedly involved in numerous attacks against security forces and civilians.
The ISPR informed a “sanitization operation” was underway to eliminate any remaining militants in the area, expressing the resolve of the security forces to eradicate extremist violence from the country.
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 operation in Tank came just days after a twin suicide bombing in Bannu this week
- Military’s media wing says weapons and ammunition were recovered from the slain militants
Pakistan, Egypt finalize extradition agreements, expand security cooperation
- Latest engagement comes amid Pakistan’s wider effort to strengthen cross-border law enforcement
- Pakistan and Egypt maintain long-standing diplomatic and defense ties underpinned by regular engagement
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Egypt have finalized agreements on the extradition and transfer of criminals and agreed to deepen cooperation in security, counter-narcotics and tourism, Pakistan’s interior ministry said on Monday.
Pakistan and Egypt maintain long-standing diplomatic and defense ties, underpinned by regular high-level engagement. The latest engagement comes amid Pakistan’s wider effort to strengthen cross-border law enforcement and legal cooperation to tackle transnational crime and streamline the transfer of fugitives.
“Both sides agreed to soon finalize agreements related to mutual cooperation in the transfer and extradition of criminals and in the field of counter-narcotics,” the Pakistani interior ministry said after a meeting between Pakistan’s State Minister for Interior Tallal Chaudhry and Egypt’s Ambassador to Pakistan, Dr. Ihab Abdel Hamid, in Islamabad.
The meeting also reviewed broader bilateral cooperation, including measures to promote people-to-people contacts, with discussions on easing visa restrictions to support tourism and exchanges between the two countries.
Separately, Pakistan and Egypt reaffirmed their support for dialogue and diplomacy as the preferred means to resolve regional conflicts, including in Yemen, during a phone call on Sunday between Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar and his Egyptian counterpart, Badr Ahmed Mohamed Abdelatty.
