Pakistan carried out what it described as precise and calibrated strikes against hideouts and safe havens of Fitna Al Khwarij along the border areas with Afghanistan, killing 26 militants allegedly sponsored by India, Information Minister Attaullah Tarar said on Wednesday.

In a post on X, Tarar said the operation followed a series of recent militant attacks in Pakistan, including an attack on a Federal Constabulary post in Musa Dara on June 9, a vehicle-borne suicide attack on a military post in North Waziristan on June 2, and a similar attack on a police station in Bannu on May 9.

Tarar said the action was based on credible intelligence and involved the selective targeting of camps and hideouts with precision.

According to the minister, four targets were destroyed during the operation, including a training centre, a hideout, an ammunition cache and centres belonging to Fitna Al Khwarij commanders Aleem Khan Khushali and Akhtar Muhammad Jani Khel.

Pakistan has consistently sought to maintain peace and stability in the region, Tarar said, while stressing that the safety and security of its citizens remained the country’s top priority.

He said Pakistan’s counter-terrorism campaign under the “Azm-e-Istehkam” framework, approved by the Federal Apex Committee on the National Action Plan, would continue at full pace.

Pakistan’s security forces and law enforcement agencies would continue efforts to eliminate what he described as foreign-sponsored terrorism from the country, Tarar said.