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The raids were carried out in the Mir Ali and Orakzai districts
in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the military said in a
statement. Troops killed 43 militants and seized weapons,
ammunition and explosive devices, the statement said.
Separately, troops killed 31 militants in multiple operations in
Balochistan province, the site of a bloody insurgency led by the
outlawed Baloch Liberation Army, since Nov. 3, the military
said. It alleged the militants were backed by Afghanistan and
India. Kabul and New Delhi have previously denied such
allegations.
President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif
praised the security forces and vowed to continue the fight
against militancy.
The military identified the militants as Khawarij, a term the
government uses for fighters it says are backed by Afghanistan,
including those linked to the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan. Kabul
denies the accusations.
The Pakistani Taliban are a separate group from but allied with
Afghanistan’s Taliban, who took power in Kabul in 2021. Many TTP
leaders and fighters are believed to operate from sanctuaries
across the Afghan border, straining relations between Islamabad
and Kabul.
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