At least six Pakistan Army soldiers, including a captain, were martyred while seven terrorists were killed during an Intelligence Based Operation (IBO) in Dogar general area in Kurram district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the army’s media wing said on Wednesday.
According to a statement from the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the operation was carried out in the alleged presence of terrorists belonging to Fitna al Khawarijterm designating members of the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan.
“During the performance of [the] operation, seven sponsored by India kwarij “They were sent to hell due to the effective commitment of their own troops,” the statement read.
However, Captain Noman Saleem (24, resident of Mianwali), Havildar Amjad Ali (39, resident of Swabi), Naik Waqas Ahmad (36, resident of Rawalpindi), Sepoy Aijaz Ali (23, resident of Shikarpur), Sepoy Muhammad Waleed (23, resident of Jhelum) and Sepoy Muhammad Shahbaz (32, resident of Khairpur) were all martyred in the shooting.
Captain Noman was “a brave young medical officer who, in addition to performing medical care duties, also fought bravely and embraced shahadat (martyrdom) along with his five men,” the statement reads.
“[A] A sanitization operation is underway to remove any further Indian sponsored ones. kharji found in the area as the relentless counter-terrorism campaign under the ‘Azm e Istehkam’ vision (approved by the Federal Apex Committee on National Action Plan) by Pakistan’s security forces and law enforcement agencies will continue at full pace to eliminate the menace of foreign sponsored and supported terrorism from the country,” the statement concluded.
Pakistan has seen an increase in terrorist attacks, particularly in KP and Balochistan, mainly targeting police, law enforcement personnel and security forces. The increase came after the banned TTP failed to comply with a ceasefire agreement with the government in 2022.
On Sunday, security forces foiled two major terrorist infiltration attempts from Afghanistan on October 24 and 25, 2025, killing 25 militants, including four suicide bombers, and seizing a large cache of weapons and explosives in separate operations in North Waziristan and Kurram districts, according to the ISPR.
“The troops themselves effectively confronted these groups of kwarij [and] as a result of precise and skillful compromises, fifteen khwarijincluding four suicide bombers belonging to [the] indian representative, Fitna al Khwarij “They were sent to hell in Spinwam, North Waziristan district,” the statement said.
