QUETTA: Nine terrorists were killed in two separate intelligence-based operations (IBOs) in Balochistan’s Kachhi and Wadh districts, the military’s media wing said on Wednesday.
In a statement, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said that on Oct 26, security forces conducted IBOs in the two districts on the reported presence of terrorists belonging to Fitna al-Hindustan.
The state has designated Balochistan-based terrorist groups as Fitna al-Hindustan to highlight India’s alleged role in terrorism and destabilisation across Pakistan.
In the first operation in Kachhi, a terrorist hideout was destroyed and seven terrorists were eliminated in an exchange of fire. Weapons and ammunition were recovered from the slain terrorists, the statement added.
In Wadh, security forces “tracked and intercepted terrorist movement” and killed two terrorists in an exchange of fire. Weapons and ammunition were recovered from the slain terrorists, the statement said.
“Sanitisation operations are being conducted to eliminate any other India-sponsored terrorist found in the area,” it said, adding that a relentless counterterrorism campaign under the vision “Azm-i-Istehkam” will continue at full pace to “wipe out [the] menace of foreign-sponsored and supported terrorism from the country”.
President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif paid tribute to security forces and commended their “professional” capabilities. “Conspiracies of terrorists’ foreign patrons and their local facilitators will be thwarted. The nation stands shoulder to shoulder with its security forces and law enforcement agencies,” the president said.
PM Shehbaz said terrorists seeking to undermine Pakistan’s security and peace would “never succeed in their nefarious designs”.
Published in Dawn, October 29th, 2026
