ISLAMABAD: Pakistan military’s media wing said on Thursday that 18 “Indian-sponsored terrorists” were killed in the southwestern Balochistan province this week, vowing to scale its operations and eliminate militancy from the country.
The militants were gunned down in two separate counter-terror operations on Oct. 28 and 29, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a statement. The first operation was carried out in Quetta district’s Chiltan Mountains on the reported presence of “terrorists” in which 14 militants were killed, the military’s media wing said.
It said that a “terrorist hideout” was busted and four militants were killed in the southwestern Kech district’s Buleda area in the second counter-terror operation. The military said weapons, ammunition and explosives were also recovered from the killed “terrorists,” who it alleged remained actively involved in numerous militant activities.
“Sanitization operations are being conducted to eliminate any other Indian sponsored terrorist found in the area, as relentless Counter Terrorism campaign under vision “Azm e Istehkam” (as approved by Federal Apex Committee on National Action Plan) by Security Forces and Law Enforcement Agencies of Pakistan will continue at full pace to wipe out menace of foreign sponsored and supported terrorism from the country,” the ISPR said.
