The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) claimed in a statement on Monday that security forces killed 31 terrorists who were part of the Indian proxy group “Fitna al Khwarij” in two different operations in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on September 13 and 14.
The military’s media wing said that security personnel in the Lakki Marwat district carried out an intelligence-based operation in response to reports of militant activity.
“During the conduct of the operation, own troops effectively engaged the khwarij location, and after an intense fire exchange, 14 Indian-sponsored khwarij were sent to hell” , according to the ISPR.
In Bannu district, another intelligence-based operation was conducted, the statement continued, and during the ensuing gunfight, security forces killed 17 additional militants.