Overview
- Security sources and state media reported on Sunday that coordinated intelligence-based operations under Operation Radd-ul-Fitna/ Radd-ul-Fasaad-3 killed 15 militants across Balochistan.
- The raids targeted militant positions in Mastung, Bolan, Washuk, Awaran, Sibi, Khuzdar, Harnai and Nushki, according to official statements.
- Forces recovered a large quantity of weapons and ammunition from the killed militants, which officials say will help trace networks and links between groups.
- A separate operation the previous day killed three militants tied to a group labelled Fitna al-Hindustan and identified an alleged ringleader named Shaukat Mama, security sources said.
- The operations follow a sharp rise in violence in July documented by PICSS and are billed by authorities as ongoing sanitisation efforts intended to restrict militant movement and enable follow-on investigations.