Security forces kill 21 India-backed militants in KP operations: ISPR
“Security forces have killed 21 militants during separate operations in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on Sunday.’s media wing, 10 militants were killed in North Wa…”
The action followed an earlier engagement during the night of August 31 and September 1, in which 15 militants attempting to infiltrate Pakistan had been killed. The ISPR said the latest operation brought the total number of militants killed while attempting to cross into Pakistan to 25.
In another encounter in North Waziristan, security forces detected the movement of another group of militants near the border and effectively engaged them, killing seven,. Four more militants were killed in two separate clashes in Kohat and Dera Ismail Khan, the military’s media wing said.
The ISPR said the repeated incidents along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border reinforced Pakistan’s position that the Afghan Taliban government had failed to prevent militant organisations from using Afghan soil for cross-border terrorism. It further added that the Afghan Taliban authorities had also failed to ensure effective border management and fulfil their international counterterrorism obligations.
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The ISPR said Pakistan’s security forces remained fully committed to defending the country’s borders and that clearance operations were continuing to eliminate militants operating with Indian backing in the area. The ISPR reaffirmed that the counterterrorism campaign by security forces and law enforcement agencies would continue under the Azm-e-Istehkam framework approved by the National Action Plan’s Central Apex Committee.
The campaign, it said, would continue with full force to eliminate terrorism backed and supported by foreign elements from the country.
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