Overview

• Security forces carried out an intelligence-based operation in Sherani District on Oct. 1 on reported militant presence, the military’s media wing said.
• ISPR said seven alleged Indian-sponsored militants were killed after an exchange of fire during the raid.
• The suspects were described by ISPR as linked to the group it labels Fitna al Khwarij, with weapons, ammunition and explosives recovered at the site.
• Troops launched area sanitization to locate any remaining suspects and remove hazards, according to the military statement.
• ISPR earlier reported 13 suspects killed in separate operations in Quetta and Kech on Sept. 30 and Oct. 1, days after a suicide blast near Quetta’s FC headquarters that left 11 dead.