Security forces conducted an intelligence-based operation in Muzak village, located on the southern fringes of Mir Ali in North Waziristan, against terrorist hideouts belonging to the Indian proxy Fitna-al Khwarij, the military’s media wing said on Monday.

According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), during the conduct of the operation, two terrorist hideouts established by the terrorists in mosques were sanitised, and a huge cache of prepared improvised explosive devices (IEDs), explosive preparation material, weapons and ammunition was recovered.

The ISPR said that the terrorists had deliberately established hideouts in mosques to store explosive materials and were also running torture cells there.

“This reprehensible desecration of places of worship by Indian proxy Fitna-al Khwarij is yet another clear evidence of their utter disregard of fundamental teachings of Islam,” it added/

The military’s media wing said that these terrorists, abetted by the Afghan Taliban, have nothing to do with Islam, and their perverted interpretation and misuse of our great religion is unacceptable and fully rejected by the proud and righteous people of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Pakistan.

The statement said that a sanitisation operation was being conducted by brave soldiers of the security forces to eliminate any other India-sponsored terrorist hideouts in the area.

“Relentless counter-terrorism campaign under vision Azm-e-Istehkam by security forces and law enforcement agencies of Pakistan will continue at full pace to wipe out the menace of foreign-sponsored-and-supported terrorism from the country,” it added.

President Asif Ali Zardari praised the security forces for their successful intelligence-based operation, commending their professionalism.