RAWALPINDI: Security forces killed four terrorists in an intelligence-based operation in Khuzdar district of Balochistan, on reported presence of terrorists belonging to the Indian proxy, Fitna al Hindustan.
“During the conduct of operation, our forces effectively engaged the terrorists’ location, and after an intense fire exchange, four Indian-sponsored terrorists were sent to hell,” said a news release issued by Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR).
Weapons, ammunition and explosives were also recovered from the terrorists, who remained involved in numerous terrorist activities in the area.
“Sanitization operation is being conducted to eliminate any other terrorist found in the area and the security forces of Pakistan are determined to wipe out the menace of Indian sponsored terrorism from the country, and reaffirm the nation’s unwavering resolve to bring the perpetrators of terrorism to justice,” it further said.
Earlier, Ambassador Asim Iftikhar Ahmad, permanent representative of Pakistan to the U.N., said in a debate on the situation in Afghanistan said that terrorism operating from Afghanistan remains the “gravest threat” to Pakistan’s national security.
“The TTP (Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan), with nearly 6,000 fighters, remains the largest UN-designated terrorist group on Afghan soil.”
Pakistan, he said, had thwarted multiple infiltration attempts of TTP and BLA (Balochistan Liberation Army) terrorists from across Afghanistan, confiscating significant caches of sophisticated military grade modern equipment left behind by international forces in Afghanistan– mainly weapons abandoned by the departing US troops.
“These efforts come at a heavy price – huge sacrifices by our valiant security forces and civilians,” Ambassador Asim Iftikhar Ahmad said, referring to the martyrdom of 12 Pakistani soldiers in a single incident just this month while they were defending the borders.
“This situation is intolerable,” the Pakistani envoy told the 15-member Council.
Terrorist entities, including ISIL-K/Da’esh, Al-Qaeda, TTP, BLA, and its Majeed Brigade, he said, operate from Afghan sanctuaries, with more than 60 such terrorist camps serving as hubs for enabling cross-border infiltration and attacks.
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