Security forces have cleared two militant hideouts set up inside mosques in Muzak village, on the southern fringes of Mir Ali in North Waziristan. The intelligence-based operation recovered a large cache of prepared improvised explosive devices, explosive preparation material, weapons and ammunition.
The statement said the militants had deliberately set up the hideouts in mosques to store explosives and were also running torture cells there. It described the group as an Indian proxy.
Militants accused of misusing mosques for explosives
The statement called the use of places of worship a reprehensible desecration and said it showed the group’s disregard for the fundamental teachings of Islam. It said the militants, which it said were abetted by the Afghan Taliban, had nothing to do with the religion and that their interpretation was rejected by the people of KPK and Pakistan.
Also read: Militant hideouts in mosques cleared in North Waziristan · Four India-backed militants killed in Bannu operation, KP
Sanitisation drive to continue in Mir Ali area
Soldiers are continuing the sanitisation operation to eliminate any other hideouts in the area, which the statement said were Indian-sponsored. It added that the counterterrorism campaign under the Azm e Istehkam vision, approved by the Federal Apex Committee on the National Action Plan, will continue at full pace.
