{"id":2253,"date":"2026-10-07T12:03:47","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T07:03:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=2253"},"modified":"2026-10-07T12:03:47","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T07:03:47","slug":"18-militants-killed-in-security-operations-in-kp-balochistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=2253","title":{"rendered":"18 militants killed in security operations in KP, Balochistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>At least 18 militants were killed in separate intelligence-based operations in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan, security sources said on Wednesday.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In North Waziristan, security forces killed 13 militants belonging to the India-backed Fitna Al Khawarij terrorist group during an intelligence-based operation, the sources said.<\/p>\n<p>The forces targeted militant hideouts in North Waziristan and surrounding areas as part of ongoing operations under the Azm-e-Istehkam initiative.<\/p>\n<p>Separately, security forces killed five militants during an operation against the Fitna Al Hindustan terror proxy in the Siah Pash and Killi Gashtari areas of Mastung district, Balochistan, the sources said.<\/p>\n<p>A large quantity of weapons and ammunition was recovered from the militants, while clearance and search operations were underway in the areas, they added.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, four people were seriously injured when a police checkpoint in Kohat came under attack by unidentified armed people.<\/p>\n<p>The injured were shifted to the District Headquarters Hospital, while police launched a search operation in the area and tightened security following the attack.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At least 18 militants were killed in separate intelligence-based operations in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan, security sources said on Wednesday. In North Waziristan, security forces killed 13 militants belonging to the India-backed Fitna Al Khawarij terrorist group during an intelligence-based operation, the sources said. The forces targeted militant hideouts in North Waziristan and surrounding areas as part of ongoing operations under the Azm-e-Istehkam initiative. Separately, security forces killed five militants during an operation against the Fitna Al Hindustan terror proxy in the Siah Pash and Killi Gashtari areas of Mastung&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"gutentor_comment":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2253","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2253"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2253\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}