Security forces have killed thirty Khwarij in three separate engagements in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

According to Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR), an intelligence-based operation was conducted by security forces in Lakki Marwat District on reported presence of Khwarij.

During the conduct of operation, own troops effectively engaged the Khwarij location and resultantly, eighteen Khwarij were killed, while six Khwarij got injured.

Another eight Khwarij were killed by the security forces in an intelligence-based operation in Karak District.

In a third encounter that took place in general area of Bagh, in Khyber District, own troops killed four Khwarij, including Kharji ring leaders Aziz-ur-Rehman alias Qari Ismail and Kharji Mukhlis, while two khwarij got injured.

Weapons and ammunition were also recovered from the killed Khwarij, who remained actively involved in numerous terrorist activities in the area against the security forces as well as killing of innocent civilians.

Sanitization operations are being conducted to eliminate any other Kharji found in the area as the security forces of Pakistan are determined to wipe out the menace of terrorism from the country.