Federal Information Minister Ata Tarar announced on Monday that Pakistan’s security forces have executed a significant operation along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, resulting in the deaths of 29 militants affiliated with the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), referred to by the state as Fitna al Khawarij, and Jamaat-ul-Ahrar.
In an official statement shared on social media, Tarar detailed that an intelligence-driven ground operation took place in Bajaur, where Jamaat-ul-Ahrar’s prominent commander, Khan Forosh, also known as Zabal, was killed along with three other militants. Several additional militants sustained injuries during the engagement.
Meanwhile, the military conducted air strikes under Operation Ghazab-ul-Haq targeting militant positions along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border. These strikes destroyed three major militant hideouts and operational centers located in Afghanistan’s Paktia, Paktika, and Kunar provinces.
Tarar, the overnight air assaults eliminated 25 militants and obliterated substantial caches of weapons and ammunition stored at these bases. The operation was launched in direct response to recent militant attacks in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Balochistan, and an assault on a Rangers camp in Karachi.
Tarar emphasized that national security and citizen protection remain the government’s highest priorities. He warned that efforts toward peace should not be interpreted as a sign of weakness. Furthermore, he affirmed that comprehensive counterterrorism operations will persist nationwide with full intensity under the federal apex committee’s Azm-i-Istehkam initiative.
