ISLAMABAD: Eleven militants were killed in four operations in the northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the Pakistan army said on Thursday night, amid a surge in attacks across the country.
Pakistan is battling a spike in attacks by an indigenous chapter of the Taliban movement, known as Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, on police and military in areas near the Afghan border. The military has been conducting near-daily operations against militants, especially in the northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and southwestern Balochistan provinces.
Islamabad says militants use safe havens in Afghanistan to carry out cross-border attacks, a charge Kabul denies.
“On 26-27 March 2025, eleven Khwarij [militants] were killed by the security forces in four separate engagements in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province,” the army said in a statement.
Two intelligence-based operation was conducted in Mir Ali in North Waziristan District, with eight militants killed. Two more were killed in Miran Shah while one was killed in a fourth operation in Dera Ismail Khan District.
“Weapons and ammunition were also recovered from the killed khwarij, who remained actively involved in numerous terrorist activities,” the army said.
“Sanitization operations are being conducted to eliminate any other kharji found in the area as the security forces of Pakistan are determined to wipe out the menace of terrorism from the country.”
