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At slightest 15 Pakistani soldiers and 92 militants were killed successful aggregate counter-terrorism operations carried retired by information forces successful restive Balochistan province, the Army said connected Sunday (February 1, 2026).
The operations were launched aft militants belonging to taste Baloch groups carried retired attacks astatine respective locations connected Saturday (January 31, 2026), it said successful a statement.
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The Army said the militants attempted to disturb bid by carrying retired violent activities successful and astir Quetta, Mastung, Nushki, Dalbandin, Kharan, Panjgur, Tump, Gwadar and Pasni.
Security forces and instrumentality enforcement agencies, remaining connected precocious alert, responded swiftly and successfully foiled the militants’ attempts to disrupt peace, the connection said.
“Our valiant troops engaged the terrorists with precision and aft prolonged, aggravated and daring clearance operations crossed Balochistan, killed 92 terrorists, including 3 termination bombers,” it added.
The militants besides targeted civilians, sidesplitting 18 people, including women, children, the aged and labourers, the Army said.
During the clearance operations and ensuing weapon battles, 15 soldiers mislaid their lives, it said.
Sanitisation operations are continuing successful the affected areas and the instigators, perpetrators, facilitators and abettors of these heinous and cowardly acts volition beryllium brought to justice, the connection said.
On Saturday (January 31, 2026), 41 militants belonging to the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) were killed successful abstracted information operations successful Panjgur and Harnai districts.
“With these palmy operations implicit the past 2 days, the full fig of terrorists killed successful the ongoing run successful Balochistan has reached 133,” the Army said.
It added that the counter-terrorism run approved by the Federal Apex Committee nether the National Action Plan would proceed astatine afloat gait to destruct militancy from the country.
The Federal Apex Committee is the top-level assemblage tasked with tackling militancy, portion the National Action Plan is Pakistan’s broad strategy to combat terrorism.
Violence has surged successful Balochistan successful caller years, with the fig of fatalities successful the state rising from 787 to 956 past year, an summation of astir 22% implicit the erstwhile year, the Centre for Research and Security Studies (CRSS) said successful aboriginal January.
According to the Islamabad-based deliberation vessel Pak Institute for Peace Studies, panic attacks and unit crossed Pakistan roseate by 34% successful 2025, with 699 violent incidents recorded nationwide during the year.
