RAWALPINDI: Security forces have eliminated 23 Khwarij, including a ringleader, over the last 48 hours in different areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
In a determined effort to eliminate terrorist threats and dismantle the Khwarij networks, security forces continue to conduct a series of Intelligence Based Operations (IBOs) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, based on credible intelligence leads.
Operations have been further expanded to hotspots including Datta Khel, Spinwam and Bannu.
Over the last 48 hours, during the conduct of these series of operations, troops effectively engaged multiple Khwarij locations, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) in a statement said.
Following intense and fierce exchanges of fire, 23 more Khwarij belonging to Indian-sponsored Fitna-al-Khwarij, including Kharji ringleader Jan Meer alias Toor Saqib, have been neutralised in the aforementioned areas, thereby, giving a significant blow to the Khwarij networks operating in these areas.
Kharji ringleader Jan Meer alias Toor Saqib was highly wanted by the security forces and the government had fixed head money on him for his active involvement in numerous terrorist activities, including killing of security forces personnel and innocent civilians.
Weapons, ammunition and a large cache of explosives and prepared Improvised Explosive Devices have also been recovered from killed Indian sponsored Khwarij, who remained actively involved in numerous terrorist activities in the area.
Moreover, during sanitisation operations, series of complex network of underground tunnels and bunkers used by Khwarij were also unearthed and destroyed by security forces.
