“On 21 February 2025, Security Forces conducted an intelligence based operation in Karak District, on reported presence of Khwarij,” the military’s media affairs wing said in a statement issued on Friday.

The statement maintained that during the conduct of operation, own troops effectively engaged the khwarij location, resultantly, six khwarij were sent to hell.

“Sanitization operation is being conducted to eliminate any other Kharji found in the area as the security forces of Pakistan are determined to wipe out the menace of terrorism from the country,” it concluded.