{"id":3758,"date":"2026-11-03T21:04:15","date_gmt":"2026-11-03T16:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=3758"},"modified":"2026-11-03T21:04:15","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T16:04:15","slug":"security-forces-kills-17-militants-in-two-operations-in-balochistan-ispr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=3758","title":{"rendered":"Security forces kills 17 militants in two operations in Balochistan: ISPR"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>Security forces killed 17 militants in two separate intelligence-based operations in Pakistan\u2019s southwestern Balochistan province, while a Pakistan Army soldier was also martyred during an exchange of fire, ISPR said on Tuesday.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the operations were conducted on November 1 in Kachhi and Kharan districts following intelligence reports about the presence of militants affiliated with what it described as Indian-backed proxy groups.<\/p>\n<p>In the first operation, security forces targeted militants in the Sanni area of Kachhi district after they attempted to establish a blockade. The attempt was thwarted, and 10 militants were killed, with weapons and ammunition recovered from their possession, the ISPR said.<\/p>\n<p>In a separate operation in Kharan district, security forces identified and destroyed a militant hideout. Seven militants were killed during an intense exchange of fire, while weapons and ammunition were also recovered, according to the statement.<\/p>\n<p>A Pakistan Army soldier, Sepoy Hikmatullah, was killed during the operation in Kharan. He was 25 years old and belonged to Karak district, the military said.<\/p>\n<p>The ISPR said clearance operations were underway in both areas to eliminate any remaining militants.<\/p>\n<p>It added that counterterrorism operations would continue under the Azm-e-Istehkam framework, approved by the Federal Apex Committee under the National Action Plan, until terrorism and its alleged foreign support were eliminated.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Security forces killed 17 militants in two separate intelligence-based operations in Pakistan\u2019s southwestern Balochistan province, while a Pakistan Army soldier was also martyred during an exchange of fire, ISPR said on Tuesday. According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the operations were conducted on November 1 in Kachhi and Kharan districts following intelligence reports about the presence of militants affiliated with what it described as Indian-backed proxy groups. In the first operation, security forces targeted militants in the Sanni area of Kachhi district after they attempted to establish a blockade.&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-3758","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\/3758","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=3758"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3758\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}