Security forces have killed 74 militants in multiple raids on hideouts in the north-west and south-western regions bordering Afghanistan over the past 10 days, the military said.
The raids were carried out in the Mir Ali and Orakzai districts in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
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.
Kabul denies the accusations.
The Pakistani Taliban are a separate group from but allied with Afghanistan’s Taliban that took power in Kabul in 2021. — AP
