The Security Forces have killed 17 terrorists in the Waziristan district of the northern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, near the border between Pakistan-Afghanistan, said the military media wing on Monday.
A day ago, the forces had neutralized 54 terrorists while trying to infiltrate the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in the same region. According to public relations between services (ISPR), this is the highest number of terrorists killed by security forces in a single commitment throughout the campaign against terrorism.
According to an ISPR statement issued today, “a deliberate disinfection operation was carried out in the surrounding areas of Hassan Khel, Northern Wazirist district, along the Pakistan-Affanistan border.
“During the performance of the operation, seventeen more KhawarijThey were operating [at] Beating from their Indian teachers, were hunted and neutralized successfully, ”said Ispr.
The ISPR added that a large cache of weapons, ammunition and explosives also recovered from those killed. KhawarijA term that the State uses to refer to terrorists.
“The number of Khwarij killed in three days anti [infiltration] The operation has increased to 71, ”he added.
The security forces are still committed to ensuring the borders of the nation and the frustration attempts to sabotage the peace, stability and progress of Pakistan, according to the statement.
Pakistan has witnessed an increase in terrorist activities during the past year, especially in KP and Baluchistan, after the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan proscribing ended its fire with the government in November 2022.
Militant violence and security operations intensified in March, with the number of militant attacks that exceed 100 for the first time since November 2014, according to a report by the Institute of Conflict Studies and Security of Pakistan.
Pakistan took second place in the 2025 global terrorism index, with the number of deaths in terrorist attacks that increased by 45 percent during the past year to 1,081.
