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Pakistani information forces person killed 24 terrorists successful 2 abstracted intelligence-based operations successful the northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the military’s media helping said connected Friday (February 6, 2026).
“On 4-5 February, 20 4 khawarij belonging to Fitna-al-Khawarij were killed successful 2 abstracted engagements successful Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province,” the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said successful a statement.
Fitna-al-Khawarij is simply a word utilized by the State for terrorists belonging to the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).
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Two intelligence-based operations were conducted successful the province’s Orakzai and Khyber districts.
During the cognition conducted successful Orakzai district, troops engaged the terrorists and killed 14 terrorists. While successful Khyber, during the behaviour of different IBO, information forces killed 10 terrorists.
Following the engagements, information forces conducted sanitisation operations successful the areas “to destruct immoderate different sponsored khawarij recovered successful the area”.
The military’s media helping added that the counter-terrorism operations, conducted nether the imaginativeness of 'Azm e Istehkam' (as approved by Federal Apex Committee connected National Action Plan) by information forces and instrumentality enforcement agencies, volition proceed astatine afloat gait to hitch retired the menace of overseas sponsored and supported coercion from the country.
Earlier successful January, 11 terrorists were killed successful 2 abstracted IBOs successful Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Pakistan has seen a surge successful coercion since the TTP ended its ceasefire woody with the authorities successful November 2022, vowing to summation attacks.
Despite grounds militant deaths, Pakistan saw a crisp escalation successful militant unit successful 2025, with violent attacks rising by 34% and terrorism-related fatalities expanding by 21% twelvemonth connected year, according to a study released by the Islamabad-based Pak Institute for Peace Studies.
