At least 23 Indian-sponsored terrorists linked to Fitna-al-Khawarij were killed in intelligence-based operations carried out on November 19 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Kurram district. According to the ISPR, 12 militants were eliminated in a fierce exchange of fire during a targeted operation. Acting on further intelligence, security forces later neutralized 11 more terrorists in the same area.
The military’s media wing said operations are underway at full pace to eradicate foreign-backed terrorism and will continue under the Azm-e-Istehkam framework, approved by the federal apex committee on the National Action Plan. This development comes amid a series of nationwide anti-terror operations that have resulted in the killing of numerous militants in recent days.