Operation Shaban toll rises to 109 as security forces tighten grip in Balochistan: state media

• Seven more terrorists killed in latest action as Army, FC and police press province-wide offensive

• Security forces recover large cache of weapons, vow operation will continue until the last terrorist is eliminated

• Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi lauds successful operation, says there is no place for terrorists in Pakistan

 QUETTA/RAWALPINDI: Security forces killed another seven terrorists during the ongoing Operation Shaban in Balochistan, raising the total number of terrorist seliminated since the launch of the province-wide operation on July 5 to 109, according to state-run media citing security sources.

Operation Shaban is being jointly conducted across the province by the Pakistan Army, Frontier Corps (FC) and Balochistan Police following the terrorist attack on the Mangi Dam Police Post, in which 27 police personnel were martyred.

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Another four terrorists have been killed in Operation Shaban in the Saran Tangi area of Balochistan

Joint Operation Shaban, carried out by Pakistan Army, FC Balochistan, and the Police, the ops continue across the… pic.twitter.com/UOeCw8u1V9

— Pakistan Armed Forces News 🇵🇰 (@PakistanFauj) July 12, 2026

Citing security sources, Radio Pakistan reported that a total of 109 “khawarij terrorists” have been killed in Operation Shaban and other intelligence-based operations in Balochistan since July 5.

Another four terrorists were killed during the ongoing Operation Shaban in the Saran Tangi area of Balochistan, taking the total number of terrorists killed in the operation to 71@OfficialDGISPR #RadioPakistan #News https://t.co/mqkNt6FQtZ pic.twitter.com/3ZLP03JeDg

— Radio Pakistan (@RadioPakistan) July 12, 2026

The state broadcaster had earlier reported that three terrorists were killed and later confirmed that another four were eliminated in the Saran Tangi area.

Security sources said a large cache of arms and ammunition was recovered from the possession of the slain terrorists. The recovered weapons included M4 rifles, submachine guns, rocket launchers, mobile phones and other equipment.

The sources reaffirmed that Operation Shaban would continue across Balochistan until the last terrorist was eliminated.

PTV News reported that air and ground operations against Fitna al-Khawarij—the term used by the state for the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP)—were also continuing.

In the July 7 attack on a police check post, terrorists had martyred nine police personnel and abducted 18 others at gunpoint. The abducted policemen were later killed, and their bodies were recovered from the Zarghoon Gar mountainous area.

Meanwhile, Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi lauded the Pakistan Army, Frontier Corps and Balochistan Police for the successful execution of Operation Shaban.

“The action by the Pakistan Army, FC and police is reflective of the protection of national security. […] There is no place for terrorist elements in Pakistan,” he was quoted as saying by his ministry.

پاک فوج، ایف سی بلوچستان اور پولیس کی مشترکہ کارروائیاں قومی سلامتی کے تحفظ کے عزم کی عکاس ہیں۔
آپریشن شعبان میں حصہ لینے والے افسران اور جوانوں کی بہادری اور پیشہ ورانہ صلاحیتوں کو خراج تحسین پیش کرتا ہوں۔
دہشتگرد عناصر کے لیے پاکستان کی سرزمین پر کوئی جگہ نہیں۔

— Ministry of Interior GoP (@MOIofficialGoP) July 12, 2026

He added that the nation stood shoulder to shoulder with the security forces and reaffirmed that operations against terrorists would continue until the menace was eradicated.

On Thursday, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said the country's civil and military leadership had taken a “mutual and singular decision” to eliminate terrorism following a series of major terrorist incidents in Balochistan.

He made the remarks while chairing a meeting of the Provincial Apex Committee on the National Action Plan in Quetta, attended by Chief of Defence Forces and Chief of the Army Staff Field Marshal Asim Munir.

Addressing the meeting, the prime minister said, “One thing is decided: it is a mutual and singular decision of the civil and military leadership that we must end terrorism collectively.”

The meeting was held a day after Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General Lt Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry stated during a press conference that at least 42 people—including four civilians, 27 policemen and 11 security personnel—had lost their lives in terrorist attacks and subsequent operations in Balochistan since July 5.