News Desk
June 29, 2026
Information Minister Attaullah Tarar said on Sunday night that Pakistan’s security forces had carried out a “well planned intelligence-based ground operation” along the Pakistan-Afghan border followed by calibrated strikes against the hideouts and safe havens of terrorists belonging to Jamaatul Ahrar and
Fitna al Khawarij, killing twenty-nine
khawarij.
Fitna al Khawarij is the term used by the state to designate members of the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).
The kinetic action, the minister said, came in the wake of “recent multiple terrorist incidents inside Pakistan against the innocent people of Khyber Pakthunkhwa, Balochistan and Pakistan Rangers (Sindh) Camp, Karachi”.
On Saturday night, terrorists attacked a local headquarter of the Pakistan Rangers Sindh in Karachi’s Gulistan-i-Jauhar area, during which three security personnel were martyred, according to Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR).
ISPR said in a statement that the attack was carried out by terrorists “belonging to Indian proxy, Jamaatul Ahrar”, adding that three terrorists were killed in retaliatory action while one was arrested.
Later, security sources
said the arrested terrorist had identified himself as Usman Ali and revealed that he had come to Pakistan from Jalalabad in Afghanistan around a week ago.
In a post on X, the information minister said that “on June 28, security forces conducted an intelligence-based ground operation against a group of terrorists near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in Bajaur district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa”.
“As a result of precise and skillful engagement, high-value
khawarji commander Khan Farosh aka Zabal, along with three terrorists belonging to Indian proxy Jamaatul Ahrar were sent to hell while several others got injured”.