Pakan security forces avert terror bid, three terrors killed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | World News

The ISPR said that a sanitisation operation was being conducted to eliminate any other terrors found in the area. (File / Representational Photo)

The Pakan security forces foiled an attempted suicide attack and killed three terrors in the northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s North Waziran drict, the military’s media wing said.

A statement issued on Saturday the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said that security forces foiled a “major terror incident and averted a potential catastrophic attack” a day ago after conducting an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in the drict’s general area of Jhallar, based on credible intelligence about the presence of terrors belonging to Fitna al-Khawarij who were preparing a vehicle-borne suicide bomber for a major terror activity.
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Fitna al-Khawarij is a term the state uses for terrors belonging to the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakan (TTP).

It added that troops effectively engaged them at their location and destroyed the vehicle being prepared for the suicide attack while eliminating three terrors through precise and skilful engagement.

The ISPR said that a sanitisation operation was being conducted to eliminate any other terrors found in the area.

“Relentless counterterrorism campaign under vision ‘Azm-i-ehkam’ (as approved the Federal Apex Committee on National Action Plan) security forces and law enforcement agencies of Pakan will continue at full pace to wipe out the menace of foreign-sponsored and supported terrorism from the country, and such sacrifices of our brave soldiers further strengthen our resolve,” the ISPR concluded.

Pakan has witnessed a surge in terror attacks, especially in KP and Balochan, predominantly targeting the police, law enforcement agencies’ personnel and security forces. Attacks have increased after the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakan (TTP) broke a ceasefire agreement with the government in 2022.

Earlier this week, KP Chief Miner Sohail Afridi claimed that the resurgence of terrorism being witnessed in the province was due to the “flawed policy” of the federal government.

The PTI, which has been in power in KP since 2013, opposes military operations, which are also resed tribal people as they often lead to displacements.