Four terrorists were killed in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa's South Waziristan district after security forces thwarted a major terrorist plot by destroying an "explosive-laden vehicle intended for a suicide attack", the military's media wing said on Saturday. According to a statement issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the attack took place today when terrorists belonging to the "Indian-sponsored Fitna Al Khwarij" attempted to attack a security forces check post in South Waziristan district. "The khwarij sought to breach the check post security; however, their nefarious designs were checked and decisively foiled by the vigilant and resolute response of security forces," the statement said.
Read: 12 troops among 15 martyred in Tank terror attack The ISPR said security forces successfully engaged the explosive-laden vehicle and destroyed it outside the perimeter of the post, killing one suicide bomber inside the vehicle. It added that the attack failed to cause any damage. "Security personnel engaged the remaining intruders, forcing three khwarij into a nearby compound, who were later neutralised in a deliberate clearance operation with precision, without any casualty on the forces' side," the statement said while hailing the soldiers for displaying "unwavering courage and professional excellence" during the operation.
Fitna al-Khawarij is the term the state uses for terrorists belonging to the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). It further said that a sanitisation operation was underway to eliminate any other "Indian-sponsored kharji" found in the area. The military's media wing said the counterterrorism campaign under the vision of "Azm-e-Istehkam", approved by the Federal Apex Committee on the National Action Plan, would continue at full pace to eliminate the threat of foreign-sponsored and supported terrorism from the country.
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