Security forces kill 29 terrorists in ground ops, air strikes along Pak-Afghan border: Info minister

Information Minister Ataullah Tarar said on Sunday night that Pakistan’s security forces had carried out a “well planned intelligence based ground operation” along the Pakistan-Afghan border followed by calibrated strikes in the border region against the hideouts and safe havens of terrorists belonging to Jamaatul Ahrar and Fitna al Khawarij, killing twenty-nine khawarij”. Fitna al Khwarij is the term used by the state to designate members of the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). The kinetic action, the minister said, came in the wake of “recent multiple terrorist incidents inside Pakistan against the innocent people of Khyber Pakthunkhwa, Balochistan and Pakistan Rangers (Sindh) Camp, Karachi.” On Saturday night, terrorists attacked a local headquarter of the Pakistan Rangers Sindh in Karachi’s Gulistan-i-Jauhar area, during which three security personnel were martyred, according to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR). The ISPR said in a statement that the attack was carried out by terrorists “belonging to Indian proxy, Jamaatul Ahrar”, adding that three terrorists were killed in retaliatory action while one was arrested. Later, security sources said the arrested terrorist had identified himself as Usman Ali and revealed that he had come to Pakistan from Jalalabad in Afghanistan around a week ago. In a post on X, the information minister said that “on 28 June 2026, security forces conducted an intelligence based ground operation against a group of terrorists near Pakistan-Afghanistan border in Bajaur District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. As a result of precise and skillful engagement, high value Khwarji Commander Khan Farosh aka Zabal along with 3 terrorists belonging to Indian proxy Jamaat ul Ahrar were sent to hell while several others got injured.” Tarar said that in continuation of Operation Ghazb Lil Haq, “precise targeting of terrorist camps and hideouts belonging to Jamaat ul Ahrar and Fitna al khwarij have also been carried out on night 28/29 June,