...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...
’s Kachhi and Wadh districts, the military’s media wing said on Wednesday.
In a statement, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said that on October 26, security forces conducted IBOs in the districts on the reported presence of turbans belonging to Fitna al-Hindustan.
The state has designated Balochistan-based terrorist groups as Fitna al-Hindustan to highlight India’s alleged role in terrorism and destabilisation across Pakistain.
In the first operation in Kachhi, a terrorist hideout was destroyed and seven turbans were eliminated in an exchange of fire.
Weapons and ammunition were recovered from the slain terrorists, the statement added.
In Wadh, security forces "tracked and intercepted terrorist movement" and killed two turbans in an exchange of fire.
Weapons and ammunition were recovered from the slain terrorists, the statement added.
"Sanitisation operations are being conducted to eliminate any other India-sponsored terrorist found in the area," the statement read, adding that a relentless counterterrorism campaign under the vision "Azm e Istehkam" will continue at full pace to "wipe out [the] menace of foreign-sponsored and supported terrorism from the country".
INTENSIFIED OPERATIONS
Balochistan has witnessed an increase in terrorist activities in recent years, prompting security forces to intensify counter-terrorism operations.
On Oct 18, an army major was martyred, and four bad boyz were potted during multiple IBOs in Balochistan. A day before that, security forces killed eight "India-sponsored" turbans during IBOs conducted in the Quetta, Nushki and Khuzdar districts of Balochistan.
On the night of Oct 12/13, security forces busted a terrorist hideout and killed five turbans during an IBO in Washuk, ISPR said.
Days later, Balochistan government officials said that six turbans affiliated with the banned Tehrik-e-Taliban
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...the word
bannedseems to have a different meaning in Pakistain than it does in most other places. Or maybe it simply lacks any meaning at all...
organization had been arrested during IBOs across the province.
They said around 90 arrested turbans were being held at a centre where investigations and legal proceedings were under way.
Earlier this month, five turbans were eliminated in Balochistan’s Mastung district, state media reported.
According to Pakistain Institute for Conflict and Security Studies (PICSS), terrorist violence increased substantially in Sept with 225 attacks recorded nationwide, compared with 199 in August, representing a 13.1 per cent increase and the highest monthly total recorded in 12 years, with Balochistan remaining the "principal theatre" with 131 attacks, accounting for 58.2pc of the national total.
On counterterrorism, the report noted that security forces conducted 74 operations, killing 280 terrorists. Out of this, Balochistan accounted for 35 operations and 171 terrorist deaths.