Military troopers collect on the web site, following millitant assaults, in Quetta, Pakistan, January 31, 2026.
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Not less than 15 Pakistani troopers and 92 militants have been killed in a number of counter-terrorism operations carried out by safety forces in restive Balochistan province, the Military stated on Sunday (February 1, 2026).
The operations have been launched after militants belonging to ethnic Baloch teams carried out assaults at a number of areas on Saturday (January 31, 2026), it stated in an announcement.
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The Military stated the militants tried to disturb peace by finishing up terrorist actions in and round Quetta, Mastung, Nushki, Dalbandin, Kharan, Panjgur, Tump, Gwadar and Pasni.
Safety forces and legislation enforcement businesses, remaining on excessive alert, responded swiftly and efficiently foiled the militants’ makes an attempt to disrupt peace, the assertion stated.
“Our valiant troops engaged the terrorists with precision and after extended, intense and daring clearance operations throughout Balochistan, killed 92 terrorists, together with three suicide bombers,” it added.
The militants additionally focused civilians, killing 18 individuals, together with girls, youngsters, the aged and labourers, the Military stated.
In the course of the clearance operations and ensuing gun battles, 15 troopers misplaced their lives, it stated.
Sanitisation operations are persevering with within the affected areas and the instigators, perpetrators, facilitators and abettors of those heinous and cowardly acts will probably be dropped at justice, the assertion stated.
On Saturday (January 31, 2026), 41 militants belonging to the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) have been killed in separate safety operations in Panjgur and Harnai districts.
“With these profitable operations over the past two days, the whole variety of terrorists killed within the ongoing marketing campaign in Balochistan has reached 133,” the Military stated.
It added that the counter-terrorism marketing campaign authorized by the Federal Apex Committee underneath the Nationwide Motion Plan would proceed at full tempo to get rid of militancy from the nation.
The Federal Apex Committee is the top-level physique tasked with tackling militancy, whereas the Nationwide Motion Plan is Pakistan’s complete technique to fight terrorism.
Violence has surged in Balochistan in recent times, with the variety of fatalities within the province rising from 787 to 956 final 12 months, a rise of almost 22% over the earlier 12 months, the Centre for Analysis and Safety Research (CRSS) stated in early January.
In keeping with the Islamabad-based suppose tank Pak Institute for Peace Research, terror assaults and violence throughout Pakistan rose by 34% in 2025, with 699 terrorist incidents recorded nationwide throughout the 12 months.
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