“Security forces killed five terrorists in the Fateh Ali area of Panjgur. During the operation, a huge cache of arms and ammunition was also recovered from the terrorists killed in the attack,” Radio Pakistan’s sources said.

Two terrorists were killed in another intelligence-based operation (IBO) in the Dhadar area of Kachhi district. Several others were also reportedly injured during the operation, it added.

In fact, last year the federal government officially labelled all the terrorist groups in Balochistan as Fitna al-Hindustan, and blamed India for sponsoring a proxy war through the groups.

The military’s media wing has said this is a counterterrorism operation to be carried out as part of a “Radd-ul-Fitna-3” campaign, stressing the high tempo of the operations and their intelligence-driven nature, which the army has termed an effort by Indian agents to kill and eliminate Indian proxies.

Security sources said three terrorists were killed in the Badrang area of Awaran district during the IBO, as a result of which the development came. The operation was launched under Operation Radd-ul-Fitna 3 against the terrorists of Fitna al-Hindustan, and weapons and ammunition have been retrieved from the killed terrorists. 

Armed Conflict Location & Event Data (ACLED), a global monitoring organisation, reported that the number of attacks in Pakistan has been on the rise since 2022, and that the country continues to face the threat of terrorism. According to data from ACLED, attacks in Pakistan have increased by almost 4 times in 2025 (2,425) compared to 2022 (658).

While Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) has been the most affected province by terror attacks, Balochistan has also been a frequent target of Indian agents who have targeted civilians and military posts in Balochistan in particular.

On the last day of 2025, one such attack took place in Gwadar and Kharan districts of Balochistan, in which 18 innocent people, including women, children, elderly and labourers, sacrificed their lives as martyrs.

Despite the activity by security forces over the past few days in the provinces against alleged Indian-sponsored terrorists and their proxies, the groups have still mounted attacks on civilian and defence installations.

On 21st August, the security forces, along with the police, initiated a series of IBOs in K-P and Balochistan, which resulted in the death of 49 terrorists in a span of a few days.

Thirty-seven terrorists belonging to Fitna al-Hindustan were killed in 10 IBOs in Balochistan in Mastung, Mach, Khuzdar and Panjgur districts. The operations also resulted in the seizure and destruction of weapons, explosives and remote-detonation equipment.