{"id":103419,"date":"2026-03-08T12:34:57","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T07:34:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=103419"},"modified":"2026-03-08T12:34:57","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T07:34:57","slug":"13-indian-backed-khawarij-killed-in-kp-operations-ispr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/13-indian-backed-khawarij-killed-in-kp-operations-ispr\/","title":{"rendered":"13 Indian-backed Khawarij killed in KP operations: ISPR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>RAWALPINDI: Security forces killed 13<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/forces-eliminate-15-terrorists-during-balochistan-operation-ispr\/\"> Indian-backed Khawarij militants<\/a> in intelligence-based operations in different areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), on March 6 and 7, security forces carried out five separate operations in different areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on intelligence-based operations. During these operations, 13 Indian-backed Khawarij militants were killed in clashes.<\/p>\n<p>The ISPR said that during a intelligence-based operation in Bajaur district, a Khawarij hideout was effectively targeted. After a fierce exchange of fire, 5 Khawarij militants were killed, while 3 Khawarij militants of Fitna al-Khawarij were killed during operations in Bannu and Dera Ismail Khan.<\/p>\n<p>As per the ISPR, 5 Khawarij militants were also killed in two clashes in Khyber and South Waziristan districts. Arms and ammunition were also recovered from the Indian-backed Khawarij militants. The killed Khawarij militants were involved in several terrorist acts in the area.<\/p>\n<p>The ISP further said that despite the challenges faced on the Afghanistan border, counter-terrorism operations are ongoing and Pakistan\u2019s security forces are determined and steadfast to defend the country\u2019s borders.<\/p>\n<p>The Pakistan Army\u2019s Public Relations Department said that operations are underway to eliminate terrorism under the sanitization operation \u201cAzm-e-Istiqab\u201d to eliminate Indian-sponsored Khawarij in the area. Security forces and law enforcement agencies will continue operations until terrorism is completely eliminated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RAWALPINDI: Security forces killed 13 Indian-backed Khawarij militants in intelligence-based operations in different areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), on March 6 and 7, security forces carried out five separate operations in different areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on intelligence-based operations. During these operations, 13 Indian-backed Khawarij militants were killed in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":101518,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,2],"tags":[828,8684,1598,457,37399,12010,111],"class_list":["post-103419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news","category-pakistan","tag-dera-ismail-khan","tag-ibo","tag-inter-services-public-relations","tag-ispr","tag-indian-backed-khawarij-militants","tag-kp-operations","tag-pak-army"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103419","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103419"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103419\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":103421,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103419\/revisions\/103421"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/101518"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}