Rawalpindi:
The security forces pushed a terrorist attack against their post in the Qila Abdullah district in Balutchistan in the night between January 27 and 28, killing five attackers, including two suicide bomber, said the army on Tuesday, adding that two soldiers were also martyred.
“Khwarij has tried to attack a security forces position in the Gulistan region in Qila Abdullah,” said the ISPR. “The attempt to enter the position was actually thwarted by its own troops, which forced the Khwarij to drive a vehicle loaded with explosives in the wall of the pole perimeter,” he added.
The army uses the term “khwarij” for the terrorists of the prohibited umbrella of violent groups who found shelters in Afghanistan following their rout of the tribal belt of former in the military operation of 2014 Codenamed Zarb-E- AZB.
“In the fire scholarship that followed, the five Khwarij, including two suicide bomber, were sent to hell,” said the ISPR. “However, during the intensity of the fires, two brave sons of the ground – Naik Tahir Khan, 39 years old; resident of the Tank district, and launches Naik Tahir Iqbal, aged 26; resident of the Karak district, having fought, paid for the ultimate sacrifice and embrace the Shahadat.
The army said that an operation of disinfection was underway in the region. The authors of this odious act would be brought to justice, he said, adding that “such sacrifices of our courageous men further strengthen the determination of the security forces which are determined to eliminate the threat of terrorism”.
Elsewhere, the security forces carried out an intelligence operation (IBO) in the general zone of Jani Khel in the district of Bannu of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP) on Monday on the indicated presence of Khwarij, announced the army in A separate declaration.
“During the conduct of the operation, the own troops actually hired the location of Khwarij, following which, three Khwarij were sent to hell, while nine Khwarij was injured,” he said , adding: “The disinfection operation is carried out to eliminate any other Kharji found in the region, because the security forces of Pakistan are determined to destroy the threat of terrorism in the country.”
Terrorist attacks occurred a few days after the security forces eliminated at least 30 terrorists in three distinct military commitments in KP. “On January 24 and 25, 2025, 30 khwarij were killed in three separate commitments in the province of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa,” the ISPR said in a statement on Saturday evening. The military commitments took place in the districts of Lakki Marwat, Karak and Khyber.
President Asif Zardari and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif congratulated the security forces for killing eight Khwarij in Qila Abdullah and Bannu and paid tribute to Naik Tahir Khan and Lance Naik Tahir Iqbal, who kissed martyrdom during the operation .
In their distinct declarations, they praised the patriotism and the courage of the martyrs and exercised condolences to their families. They prayed for the status superior to paradise for martyrs and also committed with the bereaved families.
“The president has reaffirmed that the courageous security forces of Pakistan are always ready to defend the country,” reads a press release published by the presidency. “He reiterated the commitment to eradicate terrorism and protect national security.”
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said in a statement released from the Prime Minister that the government and the security forces were fully determined to completely eliminate the country’s terrorism.
