Security forces killed 10 terrorists on Thursday who attacked a checkpost in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Jandola area, according to a statement from the interior ministry.
According to the statement, Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi paid tribute to security forces for repelling the attack.
“I salute the security forces for foiling the attack,” he said and commended them for bringing 10 terrorists to “an exemplary end”.
“The nation is proud of the professional capabilities of the security forces and stands by them” in their efforts to eliminate terrorists, Naqvi added.
Last week, security personnel killed three terrorists in an intelligence-based operation in KP’s Tank district.
Earlier this month, 16 terrorists were killed while five soldiers were martyred as security forces responded to a terrorist attack on the Bannu Cantonment in KP’s namesake district.
Terrorists had rammed two explosives-laden vehicles into the perimeter of the Bannu Cantonment in an attempt to enter the high-security zone. Thirteen civilians lost their lives, while another 32 were injured as a result of a mosque and a residential building suffering “severe destruction” due to the suicide blasts, causing the perimeter wall to partially collapse.
February saw a marginal increase in terrorist attacks but a sharp surge in civilian casualties, according to a report published by the Islamabad-based think tank, Pakistan Institute for Conflict and Security Studies (PICSS).
According to PICSS, the country witnessed 79 terrorist attacks last month, resulting in the deaths of 55 civilians and 47 security personnel, while 45 civilians and 81 security personnel were injured. Security forces, meanwhile, intensified counter-terrorism operations, eliminating 156 terrorists, injuring 20, and arresting 66, it said.
