In an intelligence-based operation in Balochistan’s Zhob district, security forces engaged and eliminated three terrorists, Dawn newspaper reported yesterday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, the operation came at a tragic cost, as army officer Major Bahar Khan was killed during the intense exchange of fire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to the military statement, the security forces recovered weapons, ammunition and explosives from the eliminated terrorists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to an annual security report issued by the Centre for Research and Security Studies, Pakistan witnessed 1,524 violence-related fatalities and 1,463 injuries from 789 terror attacks and counter-terror operations in 2023 \u2014 marking a record six-year high.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
In an intelligence-based operation in Balochistan’s Zhob district, security forces engaged and eliminated three terrorists, Dawn newspaper reported yesterday. However, the operation came at a tragic cost, as army officer Major Bahar Khan was killed during the intense exchange of fire. According to the military statement, the security forces recovered weapons, ammunition and explosives from …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":105024,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"yes","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_108372464460192_245495985553329":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[8047],"class_list":["post-105022","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan","tag-terrorist-cleansing-operation"],"yoast_head":"\n