23 Fitna-al-Khwarij militants including ring leader killed in KP IBOs: ISPR
Key takeaways
- Operations have been further expanded to hotspots including Datta Khel, Spinwam and Bannu.
- Over the last 48 hours, during the conduct of these series of operations, own troops effectively engaged multiple khwarij locations.
- Moreover, during sanitization operations series of complex network of underground tunnels and bunkers used by khwarij were also unearthed and destroyed by security forces.
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Add ARY News on Google AAResize RAWALPINDI: Security forces killed 23 Indian sponsored Fitna-al-Khwarij militants during a series of intelligence-based operations in different areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa over the past 48 hours, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on Thursday.
According to the military’s media wing, in a determined effort to eliminate terrorist threats and dismantle the khwarij networks, Security Forces continue to conduct series of intelligence based operations in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, based on credible intelligence leads. Operations have been further expanded to hotspots including Datta Khel, Spinwam and Bannu.
Over the last 48 hours, during the conduct of these series of operations, own troops effectively engaged multiple khwarij locations. Following intense and fierce exchanges of fire, twenty three more khwarij belonging to Indian-sponsored Fitna-al-Khwarij including kharji Ring leader Jan Meer alias Toor Saqib have been neutralised in the aforementioned areas, thereby giving a significant blow to the khwarij networks operating in these areas.