As many as 100 terrorists belonging to various outfits have been killed in Pakistan’s North Waziristan in the night-long anti-terror operations along the Afghan border.
The majority of these terrorists, according to Pakistan's Director General of Inter-Service Public Relations, were taken out in the latest air and drone strikes carried out along the Afghan border.
The strikes were carried out against the Hafiz Gul Bahadur Group (HGB), a terrorist faction operating in the border areas of Afghanistan adjacent to North and South Waziristan.
The operation came after a series of terrorist attacks launched from Afghan territory over the past 48 hours targeting Pakistani forces.
Pakistan’s air force, with assistance from ground forces, has carried out multiple strikes, which they described were aimed at targeting the terrorists and their leadership sitting inside Afghanistan.
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Earlier, the members belonging to the Gul Bahadur Group carried out an IED attack on Pakistani forces in North Waziristan, which left one Pakistani soldier dead and several others injured.
The Director General, Inter Service Public Relations (DGISPR), on Saturday confirmed that more than 70 terrorists were killed in the airstrikes. Adding dozens more were neutralised by the ground forces, including senior figures of the group and several suicide bombers.
The Hafiz Gul Bahadur Group has been accused of targeting Pakistani security forces, launching attacks from inside Afghanistan. The friction between Islamabad and Kabul has been going on for the past week.
Islamabad has accused the Taliban of providing safe havens to terror groups like TPP, BLA, and so on.
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