Rawalpindi
\nSecurity forces have gunned down as many as 13 terrorists in two separate operations conducted in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the military\u2019s media wing said on Sunday.
\nThe Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a statement that an intelligence-based operation (IBO) was conducted in the Mohmand district on the reported presence of the Indian proxy Fitna al-Khawarij terrorists.
\n\u201cDuring the conduct of operation, our troops effectively engaged the khawarij location and after an intense fire exchange, seven khawarij were sent to hell,\u201d it added.
\nIn another IBO conducted in the Bannu district, six more terrorists were neutralised by the security forces.
\n\u201cSanitisation operations are being conducted to eliminate any other Indian sponsored kharji found in the area,\u201d the ISPR stated.
\nThe operations are part the Azm-e-Istehkam campaign, approved by federal apex committee on National Action Plan.
\nTerrorist attacks have seen a sharp increase in Pakistan, particularly in the bordering provinces of KP and Balochistan, since the Afghan Taliban regime grabbed power in Afghanistan in 2021.
\nPakistan has repeatedly called on the Afghan Taliban regime to prevent its soil from being used by terrorists against Pakistan, and the issue recently resulted in heightened tensions featuring cross-border attacks by the Afghan side, resulting in retaliation from Pakistani forces as well.
\nRecently, a meeting of Afghanistan\u2019s scholars at Kabul University emphasised that the country\u2019s soil must not be used to threaten or harm any other nation.
\nIslamabad welcomed the resolution as a \u201cpositive development\u201d; however, it regretted that such commitments had been made in the past but were not honoured by the Afghan Taliban regime.
\nForeign Office spokesperson Tahir Hussain Andrabi, during his weekly briefing on December 11, reiterated Islamabad\u2019s demand for written assurances from Kabul that Afghan territory will not be allowed to be used by terrorist groups to launch attacks inside Pakistan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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