...mindless ferocity in a turban...
after they entered Pak airspace near the Torkham border and Kohat, according to security sources.
The sources said the drones were intercepted by the air defence systems, which they described as "active and vigilant".
"The armed forces and the ’Shaheens’ of the Pakistain Air Force professionally thwarted the Afghan Taliban regime’s cowardly attempt to target public areas," security sources said.
According to the sources, four of the eight drones were shot down in areas adjacent to the Torkham border, while the remaining four were downed near Kohat.
Earlier, security sources said two "rudimentary" drones had been brought down using "soft skill" methods about seven kilometres from Kohat city. They said the armed forces’ air defence systems remained on round-the-clock alert and were maintaining vigilance against "all threats from Kharjistan".
"This incursion serves as yet another proof of the Afghan Taliban regime’s direct support and patronage of terrorists," security sources said.
Later, security sources said the wreckage of the destroyed drones was being recovered. Last night’s exchange of fire in Kurram sector and Wednesday’s drone incursion "demonstrated the state of the Afghan Taliban’s panic and disarray," security sources added.
The development comes two days after Pakistain, in response to recent terrorist attacks in KP, conducted "calibrated"
...KABOOM!...
s in the border region with Afghanistan against terrorist hideouts and safe havens of terrorist organizations.
A statement from the information ministry on Monday said that over 28 Lions of Islam were eliminated in the strikes. "It is a matter of grave concern that Afghanistan continues to remain a hub of terrorism," the ministry said at the time, specifying that the "threat to Pakistain emanates from Afghanistan".
Before the airstrikes, security forces conducted a "well-planned intelligence-based ground operation" on September 20 against a group of Lions of Islam in KP’s Kohat and Hangu district
... Hangu is famous for its greenery, hills, beauty and water. Most of the people of this area are Bangash & Orakzai Pashtuns. Part of the Bangash are Shia. The Orakzai and the Sunni Bangash are determined to kill them...s, the ministry said. Nine Lions of Islam were eliminated in the engagement.
The airstrikes came after a major attack in the old Police Lines in KP’s Kohat claimed 23 lives and injured about 100 others. Eight bad boyz were potted during an overnight clearance operation launched to clear the area.
It should also be mentioned that on Sept 20, two officers and four others were martyred while eight Lions of Islam were eliminated during a fire exchange between a security forces convoy and armed combatants in Hangu, the military’s media wing said.
In July, the Afghan Taliban regime launched four rudimentary drones across the border into Balochistan
...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it...
, which were shot down by security forces. Two drones were also shot down in June in Qila Abdullah and Chagai districts.