Safety forces have killed at the least seven terrorists in two separate engagements in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Dera Ismail Khan district, the Inter-Companies Public Relations (ISPR) stated in an announcement on Sunday.
The army’s media wing stated an intelligence-based operation (IBO) was carried out by safety forces on the whole space Daraban on reported presence of militants.
“Through the conduct of operation, personal troops successfully engaged the khwarijs’ [terrorists] location, resultantly, 4 khwarij have been despatched to hell,” it added.
In one other encounter that came about on the whole space Maddi, troops successfully neutralised three terrorists, as per ISPR.
Weapons and ammunition have been additionally recovered from the terrorists, who remained actively concerned in quite a few terrorist actions within the space.
The ISPR stated sanitisation operations have been launched to remove every other terrorist discovered within the space because the “safety forces of Pakistan are decided to wipe out the menace of terrorism from the nation”.
The safety forces on Friday killed at the least six terrorists throughout an intelligence-based operation in KP’s Karak district, stated the army’s media wing.
The nation has been reeling underneath elevated terrorist assaults concentrating on particularly the legislation enforcers and safety forces for the reason that Taliban returned to energy in Afghanistan in 2021, notably within the bordering provinces of KP and Balochistan.
The nation witnessed a pointy improve in terror assaults in January 2025, surging by 42% in comparison with the earlier month, in response to information launched by the Pakistan Institute for Battle and Safety Research (PICSS), a assume tank.
The info revealed that at the least 74 militant assaults have been recorded nationwide, leading to 91 fatalities, together with 35 safety personnel, 20 civilians, and 36 militants. One other 117 people sustained accidents, together with 53 safety forces personnel, 54 civilians, and 10 militants.
KP remained the worst-affected province, adopted by Balochistan. In KP’s settled districts, militants carried out 27 assaults, leading to 19 fatalities, together with 11 safety personnel, six civilians, and two militants.
The tribal districts of KP (erstwhile Fata) witnessed 19 assaults, resulting in 46 deaths, together with 13 safety personnel, eight civilians, and 25 militants.