QUETTA: Pakistan Army in a major operation launched in Balochistan has eliminated 47 terrorists belonging to the group Fitna al-Khawarij in a large-scale operation conducted two weeks ago in Balochistan.
According to security sources, a major formation of the group attempted to cross the border in the Sambaza area of Balochistan.
Security forces launched an effective operation, neutralising the entire group before they could carry out any attacks.
A total of 47 militants were killed, most of them Afghan nationals. Many of the bodies fell on the Afghan side of the border. Despite being killed more than fifteen days earlier, the bodies remained unclaimed, with no one from Afghanistan stepping forward to collect them.
Sources reported that the corpses lay decomposing in open sunlight and were consumed by scavengers until 25 August, when Afghan authorities finally removed them. Following a jirga held at the border, the bodies were transported on donkeys.
Security sources stated that the elimination of this large militant formation before it could conduct any terrorist activities represented a major achievement for the country’s security and intelligence agencies
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