Army releases details of 3-day Mastung operation that targeted 'IS facilitators'
The Army on Thursday released details of a three-day operation in the Mastung area of Balochistan earlier this month, in which security forces had killed 12 "hardcore terrorists, including two suicide bombers".
"The suicide bomber used against Deputy Chairman of Senate Maulana Abdul Ghafoor Haidri on May 12 was also sent by [the group targeted]," the ISPR revealed.
Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said the operation was carried out on credible reports of the presence of a banned outfit's personnel who had been making contact with the militant Islamic State (IS) group.
"The operation, carried out from June 1 to 3, successfully denied the establishment of any direct or indirect IS-organised infrastructure in Pakistan," the ISPR said, adding that the killed terrorists had belonged to the banned Lashkar-i-Jhangvi Al-Almi (LeJA).
The terrorists had been operating from caves near the Isplingi (Koh-i-Siah/Koh-i- Maran) area, some 36 kilometres southeast of Mastung.
"Operation for physical clearance of target area, spread over 10km, started early morning on June 1 by [the] landing of [a] heliborne force," read the statement.
"Terrorists who were hiding in the caves offered stiff resistance. 250-metre-long gorge with steep heights and multiple caves made the clearance operation difficult and challenging.
"Intelligence and Security Forces personnel fought valiantly to clear the hideout by 3rd June," the Army said.
During the operation, five security forces personnel, including two officers, had been injured.
The ISPR statement further said that security forces destroyed an explosives facility inside the cave and recovered a cache of arms and ammunition, including 50 kilogrammes of explosives, three suicide jackets, 18 grenades, six rocket launchers, four light machine guns,18 small machine guns, four sniper rifles, 38 communication sets and ammunition of various types.
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well done, also destroy their network in cities,, have to take this long war to conclusion,, lets get rid of militancy from our society once for all,,
Well Done Pak Army, we are proud of you...keep it up...the nation will be standing behind you...
How do they get the arms and ammunition, mentioned in the last paragraph, into caves with such ease?
A very good initiative towards building a positive image of Pakistan worldwide. The world must know about the efforts of Pakistan in nailing out the terrorists and terrorism.
Well done boys. The whole nation is proud of you. Keep it up.
Commendable achievement by the Pak Army.
Well done Pak Army. Pak Army no doubt is the best army in the world. We are safe in Pakistan only because of them
Well Done, Pakistan Army keep it up, just eliminate them.
SSG Zindabad!
Salute at such successful operation.
Well don Pakistan army.
really good work done by pakistan authorities to safe this patriotic island .
Excellent job Pak Armed Forces. This is a big slap to our enemies.
Good work Pak army. Please continue to eliminate all terrorists..
Great job, don't let them hide anywhere.
Salute to our valiant armed forces. May they continue to gain ground and destroy terrorists outfits found anywhere in Pakistan
Pak army zindabad. You're the number one in the world.
Bravo
Great Pak Army
All military operations are still reactive in nature. After every incident operation commences, and subsides with another incident. It's a rat wheel in cage. We need one well defined structured strategy rather than ad-hoc operations.
As a pakistani we have a great proud of pak army.welldone
Good job. Wipe them out.
Good job done army. Be ruthless to the enemies of humanity.
Every inch of Pakistan should be administered so that no criminal and terrorist can have their hide outs in any part of our country. Pakistan government should deploy all necessary institutions and functional machinery including police, courts and army in rural and tribal areas to make sure that nobody take Pakistan's soil as granted.