Security forces kill nine India-backed terrorists in two KP IBOs: ISPR

• Seven Khwarij eliminated in Tank district operation: ISPR.
• Says two more terrorists neutralised in Lakki Marwat IBO.
• Adds killed militants involved in attacks on forces, civilians.
  

Security forces have killed nine terrorists affiliated with Indian proxy Fitna al-Khawarij in two separate intelligence-based operations (IBOs) conducted in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on Saturday.

According to a press release issued by the military's media wing, the security forces conducted separate operations on December 5 on the reported presence of terrorists in KP's Tank and Lakki Marwat districts.

During the conduct of operation in Tank, the ISPR said, security forces “effectively engaged the khwarij location and after an intense fire exchange, seven terrorists were sent to hell.”

In another operation conducted in Lakki Marwat, security forces neutralised two more khwarij, the ISPR statement added.

“Weapons and ammunition were also recovered from killed Indian sponsored khwarij, who remained actively involved in numerous terrorist activities against the security forces, law enforcement agencies and target killing of innocent civilians,” it added.

Furthermore, the ISPR said sanitisation operations were being conducted to eliminate any other Indian sponsored terrorists found in the area.

"Counterterrorism campaign under vision 'Azm e Istehkam' by security forces and law enforcement agencies will continue at full pace to wipe out the menace of foreign-sponsored and supported terrorism from the country," it added.

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, President Asif Ali Zardari and Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi have praised the security forces for carrying out two successful intelligence-based operations against terrorists belonging to Fitna al-Khawarij in the districts of Tank and Lakki Marwat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Terrorist attacks have seen a sharp increase in Pakistan, particularly in the bordering provinces of KP and Balochistan, since 2021, when the Afghan Taliban regime came into power.

Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General Lt Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry, in a statement on November 25, 2025, said that 67,023 intelligence-based operations (IBOs) were conducted across Pakistan — mostly in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and Balochistan — during the ongoing year as part of counterterrorism efforts.

He said that as many as 1,873 terrorists, including 136 Afghan nationals, have been killed in 12,857 IBOs carried out in KP and 53,309 in Balochistan this year till November 2025.

Pakistan has time and again called on the Afghan Taliban regime in Kabul to prevent its soil from being used by terrorists against Pakistan, and the issue recently resulted in heightened tensions featuring cross-border attacks by the Afghan side, resulting in retaliation from Pakistani forces as well.