10 terrorists killed, 2 female suicide bombers and their facilitator apprehended in Balochistan operations: ISPR

Security forces have killed 10 terrorists and apprehended two female suicide bombers, along with their facilitator, during operations carried out in Balochistan’s Surab and Mastung districts over the past 48 hours, the military’s media affairs wing said in a statement released on Wednesday afternoon.

According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), seven terrorists were killed in Surab while three in Mastung, where the two suicide bombers and their facilitator were also apprehended.

The ISPR statement said that the operations in these two districts were in continuation of actions against the “terrorist nexus of India-sponsored Fitna-al-Hindustan and Fitna-al-Khawarij” in Balochistan to “weed out remnants of terrorists and their facilitators”.

The state uses the term Fitna-al-Khawarij for the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and has designated Balochistan-based groups as Fitna-al-Hindustan to highlight India’s alleged role in terrorism and destabilisation across Pakistan.

The ISPR said that as part of actions targeting these groups, security forces had carried out multiple intelligence-based, area sanitisation and targeted operations in Mastung and Surab over the last 48 hours, killing 10 terrorists.

It further stated that the two suicide bombers and their facilitator apprehended during operations in Mastung belonged to Fitna-al-Hindustan.

“Weapons, ammunition and improvised explosive devices used by terrorists were also recovered from the terrorists,” the statement added.

It further stated: “Sanitisation operations are being conducted to eliminate any other India-sponsored terrorist found in the area.

“Relentless counter-terrorism campaign under vision ‘Azm-i-Istehkam’ — as approved by Federal Apex Committee on National Action Plan — by the security forces and law enforcement agencies of Pakistan will continue at full pace to wipe out the menace of foreign-sponsored and -supported terrorism from the country.”

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