Security forces have killed 10 India-sponsored terrorists in an operation conducted in Balochistan’s Zhob district on February 25, said Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) in a statement on Thursday.
The military’s media wing said that after an IBO in Zhob district of Balochistan on February 24 2026, in which eight India-sponsored militants were successfully neutralised, security forces on Feb 25 conducted a comprehensive area sanitisation operation in Zhob district of Balochistan, to “hunt down hiding Khwarij belonging to the Indian proxy, Fitna al Khwarij”.
During the conduct of the operation, forces tracked down terrorists on multiple routes and effectively engaged their locations. After an ensuing fire exchange, 10 India-backed terrorists “were sent to hell”.
“Weapons, ammunition and explosives were also recovered from the Khwarij, who remained actively involved in numerous terrorist activities in the area,” the statement said.
“Sanitisation operation are being conducted to eliminate any other India-sponsored Kharji found in the area as relentless counterterrorism campaign under vision “Azm e Istehkam” (as approved by Federal Apex Committee on National Action Plan) by security forces and law enforcement agencies of Pakistan will continue at full pace to wipe out the menace of foreign sponsored and supported terrorism from the country,” the statement concluded.
Islamabad-Kabul tensions
Since the Taliban regained control of Afghanistan in 2021, Pakistan has seen an increase in cross-border terrorist activity, particularly in the provinces of KP and Balochistan, which share a border with Afghanistan.
Amid the rising terror incidents, Pakistan last Saturday carried out intelligence-based strikes targeting seven terrorist camps and hideouts belonging to Fitna al Khawarij (FAK), its affiliates and the Daesh-Khorasan along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in response to recent suicide attacks.
The airstrikes were carried out in Nangarhar, Paktika and Khost provinces of Afghanistan, the security sources said, adding that more than 80 militants were killed in the airstrikes.
The two countries, back in October 2025, were also engaged in border clashes after the Afghan Taliban and militants launched unprovoked attacks against Pakistan’s border posts.
The resulting clashes led to the killing of over 200 Taliban and affiliated militants, while 23 Pakistani soldiers were martyred defending the motherland.
However, despite many rounds of talks, both countries failed to reach an agreement due to the Afghan Taliban regime’s reluctance to take action against terrorist outfits.
