Militants remained actively involved in numerous terrorist activities, says the military’s media wing
Soldiers ride on a Pakistan Army vehicle in this undated image. — AFP/File
- Operations conducted on the reported presence of terrorists: ISPR.
- Weapons and ammunition recovered from killed terrorists.
- Security forces are determined to wipe out the menace of terrorism.
The army’s media arm reported on Sunday that security forces had killed at a minimum of 9 Indian-subsidized terrorists in three separate operations in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) launched an announcement pointing out that the security forces accomplished an intelligence-based operation within the Dera Ismail Khan district in response to reports of Indian-backed terrorists being present.
According to the declaration, “own troops efficaciously engaged the khwarij [terrorists] vicinity at some point of the conduct of operation, and after a severe fire alternate, four Indian-backed khwarij have been dispatched to hell.” In the Tank district, any other intelligence-based operation turned into an achievement. During the following firefight, extra Indian-backed terrorists had been killed. According to the ISPR, troops were successful in neutralizing 3 extra terrorists through the 0.33 encounter, which took place in a well-known location, Bagh, Khyber district.
The dead terrorists, who persevered to be worried in numerous terrorist attacks in those areas, have been additionally determined to have guns and ammunition. According to the announcement, sanitation operations have been done to dispose of some other terrorists who might have been within the region. This turned into an execution because Pakistani security forces “have decided to wipe out the menace of Indian-sponsored terrorism from the USA.”
Since the Taliban’s return to Afghanistan in 2021, Pakistan has seen an increase in terror attacks, mainly within the bordering provinces of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan. However, Pakistan’s safety panorama showed a few promising symptoms in the first quarter of 2025, with militant and insurgent deaths outnumbering civilian and security pressure casualties. According to The News, the important findings, which had been released employing the Centre for Research and Security Studies (CRSS), discovered a almost thirteen percent decrease in overall violence and significantly fewer fatalities among civilians and safety forces personnel as compared to the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2024. Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan remain the epicenters of violence, accounting for 98% of all fatalities.
In addition, attacks are getting greater daring and militant strategies are developing, which includes the exceptional hijacking of the Jaffar Express. If current developments hold, there could be over three, six hundred fatalities by the cease of the 12 months, making 2025 one of Pakistan’s deadliest years. Individually, Balochistan became answerable for 35% of all fatalities at some point in the time under review, and it saw an alarming 15% increase in violence in comparison to the previous zone. The evaluation disregards the surge recorded in different provinces/ regions because the number of fatalities remains very low.