RAWALPINDI: Fourteen Indian-sponsored terrorists of Fitna-al-Khawarij were killed in an intelligence-based operation by security forces in North Waziristan’s Datta Khel, the military’s media wing said on Wednesday.
In a statement, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said, “On June 2-3, 2025, an intelligence-based operation was conducted by the Security Forces in the general area of Datta Khel, North Waziristan District, on the reported presence of khwarij belonging to the Indian proxy, Fitna-al-Khawarij.”
The statement added that during the conduct of the operation, the troops effectively engaged the terrorists’ location, and “after an intense exchange of fire, 14 Indian-sponsored khwarij were sent to hell.”
“Sanitization operations are being conducted to eliminate any other Indian-sponsored Kharji found in the area, as the security forces of Pakistan are determined to wipe out the menace of Indian-sponsored terrorism from the country,” the statement concluded.
The ISPR asserted that security forces remain fully committed to rooting out all Indian-sponsored terrorist elements from Pakistani soil.
Yesterday, Pakistan security forces killed seven terrorists associated with “Fitna al Hindustan” in two separate IBOs in Balochistan.
As per details, security forces conducted IBOs in Machh and Kalat against the “Fitna al-Hindustan”, resulting in the killing of seven India-backed terrorists
Last month, security forces killed nine terrorists “sponsored” by India during a series of operations in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, according to the ISPR.
Last month, DG ISPR Lt Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry accused India of activating its “assets” to intensify terrorist attacks in Pakistan, presenting “irrefutable evidence” of Indian state-sponsored terrorism directed by Indian military personnel.
“Post-Pahalgam, because of the designs of terrorism that they have, they tasked all their assets, the terrorists operating in Balochistan, and we have credible intelligence for that, the Fitnah-al-Khawarij and the independent terrorist cells … to increase their activity,” he had said.
Pakistan has been grappling with an alarming surge in terror activities, especially in KP and Balochistan, after the TTP ended its ceasefire with the government in November 2022.
Despite heightened military tensions between Pakistan and India last month, militant groups were unable to significantly escalate their activities in the country, according to data released by the Pakistan Institute for Conflict and Security Studies (PICSS), an Islamabad-based independent think tank.
The PICSS monthly security assessment recorded 85 militant attacks in May as compared to 81 in April, resulting in 113 fatalities. These included 52 security forces personnel, 46 civilians, 11 militants, and four peace committee members.
