ISPR reports that 17 terrorists were killed in Lakki IBO.

A day after Pakistan, China, Iran, and Russia voiced “deep concern” over the ongoing existence of terrorist organizations in Afghanistan, the military said on Saturday that 17 terrorists had been killed in an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in a volatile southern district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.

The ISPR, the military’s media wing, stated in a statement that the IBO was carried out in the Lakki Marwat district in response to reports of “khwarij belonging to Indian proxy, Fitna al Khwarij,” on the evening of September 26 and 27.

It further stated that “17 Indian-sponsored Khwarij were sent to hell” during the subsequent gunfire after the “troops effectively engaged the Khwarij location.” “Weapons and ammunition were (also) recovered during the operation.”

The ISPR claims that the deceased terrorists killed innocent citizens and participated in multiple terrorist assaults against law enforcement and security personnel.

According to the ISPR, “the security forces are determined to wipe out the menace of Indian-sponsored terrorism from the country.” A mop-up operation is currently taking place in the region.

The phrase “Fitna al Khwarij” is used in Pakistan to refer to the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, a group of terrorist organizations that are mostly to blame for the nation’s terrorist attacks. After being routed in the Zarb-e-Azb military campaign in the former tribal territories in 2014, the organization has discovered safe havens in Afghanistan on the other side of the border.

Islamabad has made repeated calls for the Kabul-based Taliban government to uphold its end of the Doha Agreement and take action against the TTP and other terrorist organizations that are hostile to Pakistan. However, the Taliban government upholds plausible deniability, asserting that the issue is in Pakistan, which is on the other side of the border.

Since there is growing proof that Afghanistan has once again been a target for transnational and international terrorist groups since the Taliban took power in August 2021, no regional nation or international organization is prepared to purchase the Taliban’s denial.

Four nations—Pakistan, China, Iran, and Russia—warned Friday that terrorist groups based in Afghanistan, including the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA), TTP, al Qaida, and ISIL, continue to pose a threat to regional and international security.

Following their fourth quadrilateral discussion on Afghanistan, which took place in New York on the fringes of the 80th UN General Assembly session, the warning was issued in a joint statement. Russia invited the four nations’ foreign ministers to the summit, which was held to discuss the worsening situation in Afghanistan.

The ministers appealed to the Afghan government to take “effective, concrete and verifiable actions” against terrorist networks, such as dismantling their training facilities, stopping funding, and blocking recruiting and weapon access, the statement said. They also emphasized that Afghan soil must not be utilized against its neighbors or anybody else, and they demanded the nondiscriminatory eradication of all terrorist organizations.