Summary The operations were conducted on October 17 following reports about the presence of militants associated with Indian proxy Fitna al Hindustan.
RAWALPINDI (Dunya News) - Security forces killed eight Indian-sponsored militants in three intelligence-based operations in Balochistan’s Quetta, Nushki and Khuzdar districts, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on Sunday.
According to the military’s media wing, the operations were conducted on October 17 following reports about the presence of militants associated with Indian proxy Fitna al Hindustan.
In the Panjpai area of Quetta district, security personnel foiled an attempt by militants to establish a roadblock to disrupt local traffic, killing five of them, the ISPR said.
In a separate operation in Nushki district, security forces raided a suspected militant hideout. Two militants were killed following an exchange of fire, while weapons and ammunition were recovered, according to the statement.
In Khuzdar district, security forces targeted another suspected hideout, killing one militant. The operation also led to the recovery of 490 kilogrammes of explosives, the ISPR said.
The military’s media wing added that sanitisation operations were under way in the affected areas to locate and eliminate any remaining militants.
The ISPR said the counterterrorism campaign under Vision Azm-i-Istehkam would continue at full pace to wipe out the menace of foreign-sponsored and supported terrorism from the country.
President Asif Ali Zardari, lauded the security forces for successfully eliminating eight India-sponsored terrorists during three separate intelligence-based operations in the Quetta, Noshki and Khuzdar districts of Balochistan.
Commending the security forces for their professional capabilities, the president praised them for foiling an attempt to disrupt local traffic in the Panjpai area of Quetta and eliminating the terrorists involved, President Secretariat Media Wing said in a press release.
President Zardari also paid rich tribute to the forces for carrying out an effective operation against a terrorist hideout in Noshki, resulting in the elimination of the terrorists.
Furthermore, he appreciated the timely and successful operation in Khuzdar, where security forces targeted a terrorist hideout and recovered 490 kilograms of explosives.
The president reiterated that the conspiracies hatched by terrorists’ foreign patrons and their local facilitators would be decisively thwarted.
