PESHAWAR: Terror incidents in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) have declined by 65 percent following the launch of Operation Ghazab Lil-Haq against terrorists and their support infrastructure in the neighbouring Afghanistan, police said on Saturday.
According to a report compiled by KP police, 240 incidents of terrorism were reported this year in the province before the operation began, while 80 incidents have been recorded since its launch. In total, 323 terror incidents have been reported so far this year, as per the report.
The security forces launched Operation Ghazab Lil-Haq last month after the Afghan Taliban regime’s unprovoked aggression along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border.
As of March 15, officials said that security forces had killed 684 Afghan Taliban operatives and militants, with more than 912 others injured.
In a statement at the time, Information Minister Ataullah Tarar said that 229 tanks, armoured vehicles and artillery guns were also destroyed during the operation.
Tarar added that operations against Fitna al-Khawarij and the Afghan Taliban also resulted in 252 posts being destroyed, while 44 others were captured before being demolished.
