50 terrorists killed in a four-day operation in Balochistan: ISPR
In the Sambaza area of Zhob district, 47 terrorists were neutralized during “successful engagements by security forces” between August 7 and 9, the statement said.
Additionally, three more “Indian-sponsored” terrorists were killed during a “sanitization operation” along the Pak-Afghan border in the same area on the night of August 10-11.
Arms and ammunition were also recovered from them.
The statement referred to these militants as ‘khawarij,’ a term used for the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban militants.
ISPR confirmed the total number of TTP terrorists killed during the four-day operation has reached fifty.
Nine soldiers martyred
Separately, a convoy of security forces was ambushed in the southern Washuk district near the Iran border on Monday night, resulting in the martyrdom of nine personnel, including an officer. No official statement had been released by ISPR at the time of reporting.
Six soldiers were wounded in the gunfight between militants and security forces in the Basima area of Washuk.
According to sources, militants ambushed the convoy, opening heavy fire on three vehicles.
Security forces returned fire, and the encounter lasted about an hour.
“A senior security official, speaking anonymously, said, ‘An officer and eight other security personnel embraced martyrdom while bravely fighting, and six others were injured.’”
The injured were taken to a nearby health facility, with casualties reported on the militants’ side as well.
The militants also recently attempted to attack a police station in Basima that had just been handed over to the police, but the deployed officers successfully repelled the assault, the official added. The gunfight lasted around half an hour.
Three policemen were injured. “Blood marks on the ground and a motorbike confirm casualties on the other side,” he claimed.
President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday commended the security forces for carrying out a successful operation against terrorists in the Sambaza area near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, APP reported.
The president and prime minister, in their separately issued statements, “appreciated the security forces for killing 50 Indian-sponsored terrorists in the last four days as a testament to their professionalism, bravery, and determination”.
Meanwhile, the Foreign Office welcomed the United States’ decision to designate the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) and Majeed Brigade as foreign terrorist organisations, also adding Majeed Brigade as an alias to BLA.
The spokesperson reiterated that Pakistan remained unwavering in its resolve to protect its citizens and eliminate terrorism in all its forms and manifestations, besides being committed to cooperating with the international community to overcome this common challenge.
Also, PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari in an interaction with the media in Hyderabad termed the designation of Majeed Brigade and Balochistan Liberation Army by the US a success.
He said it was the endorsement of Pakistan’s viewpoint by the US.
He said these separatist outfits openly supported India during May’s Pak-India conflict, adding the UN should make such a declaration as well so that international financing to these outfits could be curtailed.
Quetta and Sibi attacks
Furthermore, a police officer was injured in a grenade attack in Sibi, while a police vehicle on patrol escaped a bomb blast in the provincial capital.
Officials said that an unknown motorcyclist hurled a grenade at a police vehicle in Sibi on Monday night near the Government Girls College.
The grenade exploded close to the police vehicle and injured a police officer, who was on snap-checking duty in the area.
In Quetta, a police vehicle escaped a roadside bomb attack that occurred on Link Badini Road near the Eastern Bypass.
The explosion, however, destroyed a car which was passing through the area.
The man driving remained unhurt. “The target was a police vehicle…but it passed the area a minute before the blast,” a senior police officer said.
No one claimed responsibility for the attacks.
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