{"id":7912,"date":"2026-04-01T20:13:34","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T15:13:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/?p=7912"},"modified":"2026-04-01T20:13:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T15:13:34","slug":"security-forces-kill-13-foreign-sponsored-terrorists-in-kp-operations-ispr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/2026\/04\/01\/security-forces-kill-13-foreign-sponsored-terrorists-in-kp-operations-ispr","title":{"rendered":"Security forces kill 13 foreign-sponsored terrorists in KP operations: ISPR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"191\" data-end=\"506\"><strong data-start=\"191\" data-end=\"217\">Rawalpindi (Web Desk):<\/strong> Security forces have successfully eliminated <strong data-start=\"263\" data-end=\"285\">thirteen militants<\/strong> belonging to the Indian-sponsored group <strong data-start=\"326\" data-end=\"347\">Fitna al-Khawarij<\/strong> in separate counter-terrorism operations in <strong data-start=\"392\" data-end=\"402\">Khyber<\/strong> and <strong data-start=\"407\" data-end=\"426\">Bannu districts<\/strong> of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), the military\u2019s media wing confirmed on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"508\" data-end=\"786\">According to the <strong data-start=\"525\" data-end=\"567\">Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR)<\/strong>, an <strong data-start=\"572\" data-end=\"610\">intelligence-based operation (IBO)<\/strong> was carried out in <strong data-start=\"630\" data-end=\"655\">Bara, Khyber District<\/strong>, where troops engaged militants at a designated location. Following intense gunfire, <strong data-start=\"741\" data-end=\"770\">ten militants were killed<\/strong>, ISPR stated.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"788\" data-end=\"1051\">A second operation took place in <strong data-start=\"821\" data-end=\"839\">Bannu District<\/strong>, where security forces neutralized <strong data-start=\"875\" data-end=\"903\">three additional Khwarij<\/strong> after a fire exchange. ISPR noted that <strong data-start=\"943\" data-end=\"967\">sanitization efforts<\/strong> are ongoing to eliminate any remaining foreign-sponsored militants in the region.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1053\" data-end=\"1402\">\u201cThese operations are part of the relentless counter-terrorism campaign under the vision of <strong data-start=\"1145\" data-end=\"1165\">\u2018Azm-e-Istehkam\u2019<\/strong>, approved by the Federal Apex Committee on the National Action Plan,\u201d ISPR said. \u201cThe efforts of Pakistan\u2019s security forces and law enforcement agencies will continue at full strength to eradicate terrorism backed by external forces.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1404\" data-end=\"1641\">Both <strong data-start=\"1409\" data-end=\"1439\">President Asif Ali Zardari<\/strong> and <strong data-start=\"1444\" data-end=\"1477\">Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif<\/strong> praised the armed forces for their effective operations. In separate statements, they reaffirmed Pakistan\u2019s commitment to eliminating terrorism in all its forms.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1643\" data-end=\"1969\">President Zardari emphasized that sustained action against militants, particularly those supported by foreign powers, is crucial to <strong data-start=\"1775\" data-end=\"1814\">national security and public safety<\/strong>. Prime Minister Sharif commended the military, saying, \u201cThe security forces are standing like an <strong data-start=\"1912\" data-end=\"1925\">iron wall<\/strong> against terrorism to protect the nation.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rawalpindi (Web Desk): Security forces have successfully eliminated thirteen militants belonging to the Indian-sponsored group Fitna al-Khawarij in separate counter-terrorism operations in Khyber and Bannu districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), the military\u2019s media wing confirmed on Wednesday. According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), an intelligence-based operation (IBO) was carried out in Bara, Khyber District, &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":7913,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3219,1],"tags":[160,2294],"class_list":["post-7912","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ispr","category-national-news","tag-headline","tag-youdigital"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7912","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7912"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7912\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7914,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7912\/revisions\/7914"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7913"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}