RAWALPINDI: At least two terrorist were killed and another sustained injuries in a successful intelligence based operation launched by the security forces against miscreants in Mazaband Range area of Balochistan’s Kech district on August 10-11, the military said.
According to Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) a large cache of arms and ammunition was recovered in the operation.
The killed Terrorists were involved in targeting of innocent civilians and law enforcement agencies, the military’s media wing said.
“Security Forces of Pakistan remain committed towards eliminating menace of terrorism and thwart nefarious designs of the enemies of Pakistan at all costs,” it added.
Earlier this week, at least seven people including a chairman of a union council were killed in a bomb explosion in Balochistan’s Panjgur district.
Levies sources said a vehicle was targeted through a remote-controlled blast in the Balgatar area of Kech district near Panjgur border. Ishaq Balgatri, the UC chairman was among the dead.
“The victims were going in a vehicle for a wedding party when targeted,” Balochistan Home Minister Mir Ziaullah Langove confirmed. He said miscreants targeted the vehicle through a remote-controlled bomb.
A levies official disclosed that the blast happened 140 kilometers away from Panjgur near the Kech district’s border.
Panjgur and Kech also share borders with Iran.
Dozens of deadly attacks on security forces and government-backed groups have taken place in the area before.
