Pakistan’s security forces killed three militants and injured four more in an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in the country’s northwestern Karak district, said an official statement by the military’s media wing, ISPR, on Saturday.
Pakistan has witnessed a surge in militant violence for over a year, though it has largely been confined to its western provinces of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan located right next to the neighboring state of Afghanistan.
Much of these activities, including deadly suicide bombings, increased since Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), a proscribed network of armed factions, called off a fragile ceasefire with the government in November 2022.
Pakistani security forces have carried out several IBOs in recent months to deal with militants hiding in the remote areas of the two provinces.
“During the conduct of operation, intense fire exchange took place between own troops and the terrorists,” the ISPR said, adding that this resulted in the death of three militants and injuries to four of their accomplices.
The statement added that weapons, ammunition and explosives were also recovered from the militants, who were actively involved in violent activities against law enforcement agencies and innocent civilians.
