RAWALPINDI: Security forces killed 15 terrorists trying to enter Pakistan from Afghanistan, the military’s media affairs wing said on Thursday.
According to a statement issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the terrorists tried to cross into Pakistan’s North Waziristan district on the night between Aug 31 and Sept 1.
Their movement, however, was detected by security forces, the statement said, adding that the troops “responded professionally and with patience to engage them”.
“As a result of precise and skilful engagement that lasted for 36 hours, 15 khawarij belonging to India-sponsored Fitna al-Khawarij” were killed, the statement added.
The state uses the term Fitna al-Khawarij for the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).
The ISPR said that during the sanitisation operation following the engagement, large quantities of weapons and ammunition were recovered from the slain terrorists.
This further “exposed the nefarious designs of khawarij and their facilitators seeking to disrupt peace and stability in the country”, the military’s media wing said.
It said the incident along the border once again vindicated Pakistan’s “persistent stance regarding the abject failure of the Afghan Taliban regime to deny the use of Afghan soil to the terrorist organisation under their patronage for cross-border terrorism”.
“The Afghan Taliban regime has consistently failed to ensure effective border management and honour its international obligations,” the ISPR said.
Published in Dawn, September 4th, 2026
