“Following the successful engagements by the security forces in North Waziristan District (NWD) from 25-27 April 2025, during which fifty four khwarij were sent to hell; on night 27/28 April 2025, a deliberate sanitization operation was conducted in surrounding areas of Hassan Khel, NWD, along Pakistan-Afghanistan Border,” the ISPR said in a statement released on Monday.

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The military’s media affairs wing maintained that during the conduct of the operation, seventeen more khwarij, who were operating on behest of their Indian masters, were hunted down and successfully neutralized. Weapons, ammunition & explosives were also recovered from the killed khwarij, it added.

The number of khwarij killed in three days anti inflation operation has risen to seventy one, it noted.

The Security Forces remain committed to secure the nation’s frontiers and thwart attempts at sabotaging peace, stability and progress of Pakistan, the statement concluded.