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Five Taliban affiliates were killed in Khar, Bajaur district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province
2025-12-30

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ALERT: The Pakistan military’s media wing, ISPR, in a statement said that five Taliban affiliates were killed in Khar, Bajaur district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province during an intelligence based operation. A major ranked officer also lost his life.

Local sources added that two policemen were also injured during the operation.
Dawn adds:
On December 29, "security forces conducted an intelligence-based operation in general area Khar, Bajaur district, on reported presence of Khwarij belonging to Indian Proxy, Fitna al Khwarij," it said.

Fitna al Khwarij is a term the state uses for snuffies belonging to the banned Tehrik-e-Taliban
...the Pashtun equivalent of men...
Pakistain (TTP).

"During the conduct of operation, due to effective engagement by own troops five Indian sponsored khwarij were sent to hell," said the statement.

"However,
man does not live by words alone, despite the fact that sometimes he has to eat them...
during the intense fire exchange, Major Adeel Zaman (age: 36 years, resident of Dera Ismail Khan
... the Pearl of Pashtunistan ...
District), a brave officer who was leading his troops from the front, having fought gallantly, rendered the ultimate sacrifice and embraced shahadat."

The statement further said that security forces recovered weapons and ammunition from the terrorists, who remained "actively involved in numerous terrorist activities against the security forces and law enforcement agencies as well as killing of innocent civilians".

Following the operation, security forces conducted a sanitisation operation to eliminate other snuffies in the area.

"Relentless Counter-Terrorism campaign under vision "Azm e Istehkam" (as approved by Federal Apex Committee on National Action Plan) by Security Forces and Law Enforcement Agencies of Pakistain will continue at full pace to wipe out [the] menace of foreign sponsored and supported terrorism from the country," added the statement.
Related:
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Bajaur district: 2025-08-03 Pakistan’s Bajaur Assembly Calls for TTP Fighters to Leave for Afghanistan
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