Rawalpindi:

Security forces fought for a terrorist attack on their position in Qila Abdullah district in Balochistan at night between January 27 and 28, killing five attackers, including two suicide bombs, the military said on Tuesday, adding that two officials were also martyrated.

“Khwarij tried to attack the position of a security forces in the Gulistan area of ​​Qila Abdullah,” the military’s media wing said, ISPR said. “The attempt to enter the position was effectively averted by his own troops that forced Khwarij to hit an explosive -loaded vehicle into the mail wall,” it added.

The military uses the term “Khwarij” to terrorists from the forbidden umbrella of violent groups who have found safe ports in Afghanistan following their route from the former tribal belt in the military operation, the codename Zarb-A-AZB in 2014.

“In the subsequent fire exchange, all five Khwarij, including two suicide bombs, were sent to hell,” ISPR said. “Under the intense fire exchange two brave sons of Earth – Naik Tahir Khan, 39 years old; resident of the Tank District, and Lance Naik Tahir Iqbal, 26 years old; resident of Karak District, after fought gallant, paid the ultimate ultimate victim and embraced Shahadat.

The military said a sanitization operation was carried out in the area. The deeds of this abhorrent act would be brought to justice, said it, adding that “such victims of our brave men further strengthen the decision of the security forces determined to eliminate the threat of terrorism”.

Elsewhere, security forces conducted an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in the general area of ​​Jani Khel in the Bannu district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP) on Monday on the reported presence of Khwarij, the military said in a separate statement.

“During the performance of Operation, the own troops effectively engaged the KHWARIJ location, as a result of three khwarij being sent to hell while nine Khwarih was injured,” it said, adding: “Sanitization operation is performed to eliminate any other Kharji found in the area, as security forces in Pakistan are determined to wipe out the threat of terrorism from the country.

The terrorist attacks came days after the security forces removed at least 30 terrorists in three separate military engagements in KP. “On January 24, 2025, 30 Khwarij was killed in three separate engagements in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Province,” ISPR said in a statement on Saturday night. The military engagements took place in Lakki Marwat, Karak and Khyber Districts.

President Asif Zardari and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif have famous security forces for killing eight Khwarij in Qila Abdullah and Bannu districts and hailed to Naik Tahir Khan and Lance Naik Tahir Iqbal, which embraced martyrdom during operation.

In their separate statements, they praised the martyrs’ patriotism and courage and expanded compassion for their families. They asked for the higher status in the sky for the martyrs and also came with the deprived families.

“The president confirmed that Pakistan’s brave security forces are always prepared to defend the country,” reads a statement from the presidency. “He repeated the obligation to eradicate terrorism and protect national security.”

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said in a statement released from the Prime Minister’s Office that the government and security forces were fully determined to eliminate terrorism’s scourge from the country.