Rawalpindi, September 6, 2026: Twenty-one militants belonging to what the military described as the Indian-sponsored Fitna-Al-Khwarij were killed in multiple engagements across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa between September 3 and 5, according to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR).
The military’s media wing said the latest operations followed a successful engagement along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in North Waziristan on the night of August 31 and September 1, during which 15 militants were killed.
According to ISPR, 10 additional militants who had taken shelter in the area were subsequently killed, bringing the total number of militants attempting to infiltrate Pakistan and neutralised by security forces to 25.
In a separate encounter in North Waziristan, security forces detected the movement of another group of militants along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border and engaged them.
“As a result of precise and skillful engagement, seven khwarij were neutralized,” ISPR said.
Four more militants were killed in two separate encounters conducted as part of joint operations in Kohat and Dera Ismail Khan districts, according to the statement.
ISPR said the repeated incidents along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border had once again reinforced Pakistan’s longstanding concerns over what it described as the failure of the Afghan Taliban regime to prevent terrorist organisations from using Afghan territory for cross-border attacks.
The military alleged that the Afghan Taliban regime had failed to ensure effective border management and fulfil its international counter-terrorism obligations.
Pakistan has repeatedly accused militant groups operating from Afghanistan of carrying out attacks inside the country, allegations that Kabul has previously denied.
The latest engagements come amid continued security operations in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa aimed at preventing militant infiltration and dismantling terrorist networks.
ISPR said security forces remained “resolute and unwavering” in their commitment to defending Pakistan’s frontiers.
Sanitisation operations were also under way in the affected areas to locate and eliminate any remaining militants, the military said.
The statement added that the counterterrorism campaign being conducted by Pakistan’s security forces and law-enforcement agencies under the national strategy “Azm-e-Istehkam”, approved by the Federal Apex Committee on the National Action Plan, would continue at full pace.
ISPR said the campaign was aimed at eliminating what it described as the threat of foreign-sponsored and supported terrorism from the country.
