RAWALPINDI: Operation Azm-e-Istehkam, Pakistan’s security forces have neutralized 43 terrorists (Khwarij) belonging to the Indian-sponsored Fitna-al-Khwarij during a series of intense, intelligence-based operations (IBOs) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
According to the military’s media wing, the operations—which were expanded to the Mir Ali and Orakzai sectors over the past 48 hours—dealt a severe blow to militant infrastructure in the region.
Operation Azm-e-Istehkam: Security Forces Eliminate 43 Terrorists in Mir Ali and Orakzai
Security forces successfully neutralized 43 terrorists during intensified counterterrorism operations in Mir Ali and Orakzai under Operation Azm-e-Istehkam. In the Mir Ali sector, fierce exchanges of fire followed troops’ effective engagement of multiple militant hideouts, resulting in the elimination of 35 terrorists. Meanwhile, security forces eliminated another eight terrorists during counterterrorism operations in the Orakzai sector.
During subsequent area-clearance and sanitization operations, security personnel recovered a significant cache of weapons, ammunition and explosives, including homemade explosives (HMEs) and improvised explosive devices (IEDs). The recoveries helped thwart potential sabotage activities and dismantle terrorist infrastructure in the affected areas.
Reinforcing State Resolve Under ‘Azm-e-Istehkam’
These high-impact missions are part of the broader, relentless counterterrorism campaign being executed under the vision of “Azm-e-Istehkam,” as approved by the Federal Apex Committee on the National Action Plan.
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Security forces and law enforcement agencies have reiterated that comprehensive clearance and sanitization operations will continue at full pace across the region until every remnants of foreign-sponsored and supported terrorism is completely wiped out from the country.
