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Pakistan kills 28 militants in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Balochistan
Security forces in Pakistan killed 10 militants in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and 18 in Balochistan on Wednesday, officials said. In Bannu, police used drones to target hideouts, including an Islamic seminary, after intelligence…
The Story in Brief
Security forces in Pakistan killed 10 militants in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and 18 in Balochistan on Wednesday, officials said. In Bannu, police used drones to target hideouts, including an Islamic seminary, after intelligence reports, The Hindu reports. In Balochistan, a premature bomb blast killed eight terrorists and three civilians; security forces then killed 10 more, the army's media wing said, as reported by Siasat.com. Weapons were recovered in both operations.
The Bannu operation followed Tuesday's killing of two militants near a cricket stadium. The Balochistan operation came after a police post attack that killed 27 policemen. Pakistan's army blamed foreign sponsorship for terrorism.
The Indian Opinion
Pakistan's security operations in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan claim successes, but civilian deaths and the use of a seminary as a hideout raise uncomfortable questions about collateral damage. The army's repeated charge of 'foreign-sponsored' terrorism is a convenient political narrative that lacks credible evidence. The real test is not body counts but whether these operations undermine militant recruitment and cross-border infiltration. Watch for independent casualty figures and the reaction of local Baloch and Pashtun communities.
Sources (2): thehindu.com, siasat.com
This story was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above.
Updated: this story now draws on 2 sources.
