{"id":4068,"date":"2026-11-09T14:04:13","date_gmt":"2026-11-09T09:04:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=4068"},"modified":"2026-11-09T14:04:13","modified_gmt":"2026-11-09T09:04:13","slug":"two-militant-hideouts-inside-mosques-in-north-waziristan-cleared-ispr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=4068","title":{"rendered":"Two militant hideouts inside mosques in North Waziristan cleared: ISPR"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>Security forces have cleared two suspected hideouts of Fitna Al Khawarij established inside mosques in North Waziristan\u2019s Mir Ali area, recovering a large quantity of explosives, improvised explosive devices (IEDs), weapons and ammunition, the military\u2019s media wing said on Monday.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), an intelligence-based operation was conducted on November 8 in Mazdak village, located on the southern outskirts of Mir Ali, following reports about the presence of militants.<\/p>\n<p>The ISPR said the militants had been using the mosques to store explosives and had also established centres for carrying out terrorist activities.<\/p>\n<p>It said the activities of the militants were entirely contrary to Islamic teachings, adding that any misleading interpretation or misuse of religion was unacceptable.<\/p>\n<p>The military\u2019s media wing also maintained that Fitna Al Khawarij had no connection with Islam and stated that the group was receiving support from the Afghan Taliban.<\/p>\n<p>The operation is still underway to eliminate other possible militant hideouts in the area and ensure lasting peace and security, the ISPR added.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Faisal Karim Kundi described the operation as successful and expressed dismay over the use of mosques for terrorist activities and weapons storage.<\/p>\n<p>Reacting to videos of the operation, the governor said he was deeply saddened to see that the militants had used sacred religious places for terrorism and storing weapons.<\/p>\n<p>He said there had been reports in the past about the misuse of mosques in the former tribal districts, adding that mosques were meant to promote peace and Islamic teachings.<\/p>\n<p>Such activities at sacred places were deeply regrettable and unacceptable, he said.<\/p>\n<p>The governor reaffirmed his support for security forces, saying operations would be intensified to restore lasting peace and maintain law and order across the province.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Security forces have cleared two suspected hideouts of Fitna Al Khawarij established inside mosques in North Waziristan\u2019s Mir Ali area, recovering a large quantity of explosives, improvised explosive devices (IEDs), weapons and ammunition, the military\u2019s media wing said on Monday. According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), an intelligence-based operation was conducted on November 8 in Mazdak village, located on the southern outskirts of Mir Ali, following reports about the presence of militants. The ISPR said the militants had been using the mosques to store explosives and had also established&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-4068","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\/4068","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=4068"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4068\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}