Four Indian-sponsored terrorists killed in Balochistan

RAWALPINDI: Security forces eliminated another four members of Fitna al-Hindustan — the term used for the BLA and other terrorist groups operating in Balochistan, which enjoy active Indian support — in a latest intelligence-based operation in Kalat district, the Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on Tuesday.

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The ISPR said the security Forces conducted “an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in Kalat district of Balochistan”, on reported presence of terrorists belonging to the Indian proxy Fitna al Hindustan on night of Nov 1.

During the operation, the troops effectively engaged the terrorists’ location and sent four of them to to hell, said the ISPR. “Weapons and ammunition was also recovered from the killed terrorists, who remained actively involved in numerous terrorist activities.”

On Monday, ISPR Director General Lt-Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry said the Taliban regime in Afghanistan had only two choices: either take action against the terrorists present on Afghan soil or hand them over to Pakistan.

He also mentioned that there was a nexus between terrorism-crimes- politics and cited Tirah — a valley in Khyber district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa — as an example where he said poppy was cultivated on 12,000 acres of land.

Separately, Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar on Tuesday blasted the PTI for allowing the TTP terrorists to resettle in Pakistan and said the nation was paying the price for the wrong policies of the party [and its founder Imran Khan].

Dar said terrorism was its peak in 2014, but the PML-N government at that time fought the war against the scourge successfully with courage.

However, the PTI government reversed the gains by committing the blunder of allowing the TTP terrorists to return, he added.