# Pakistan's Operation Shaban kills at least 104 militants in Balochistan in one week, using joint army, air, and police strikes against Fitna al-Khawarij
> Pakistan's security forces reported killing at least 104 militants in Balochistan province since launching Operation Shaban on July 5, with the toll rising through joint Army, Frontier Corps, and police actions in air and ground operations against the banned Fitna al-Khawarij group; Balochistan Chief Minister Sarfraz Bugti described the wave of attacks as international conspiracies against Pakistan, and the government announced Rs 11 million in compensation for the family of each policeman killed

**Meta:** type: event · date: 2026-07-10 · heads: 무엇이 무너졌는가, 장기전 · 6 takes · 3 lenses · 2 regions

## Summary

Pakistan's security forces have killed at least 104 militants in [Balochistan](/ko/entity/balochistan) province since launching Operation Shaban on July 5, with the toll rising steadily through coordinated Army, Frontier Corps, and police actions combining air strikes and ground sweeps. The operation targets the banned Fitna al-Khawarij group, which the Pakistani military has described as a proxy force. [Balochistan](/ko/entity/balochistan) Chief Minister Sarfraz Bugti publicly attributed the campaign of attacks to "international conspiracies against Pakistan," and the government announced Rs 11 million in compensation for each officer's family.

## Why it matters

Balochistan is [Pakistan](/ko/entity/country/pakistan)'s largest province by area and borders both [Iran](/ko/entity/iran) and [Afghanistan](/ko/entity/afghanistan). The rapid escalation in the reported kill toll, from 75 to 104 in under 24 hours, reflects either an intensification of the operation or changed reporting norms, and neither interpretation is routine.

## What to watch

- Whether the toll continues to climb and how the operation's end is eventually defined
- Any independent reporting from inside Balochistan on civilian displacement or impact
- Pakistan's government presenting evidence for its claim of external backing of the group

## Regional takes (batched by bias / lens)

### Pakistani national daily; editorial framing of the operation as a security turning point in Balochistan
- **Daily Pakistan (English)** (Pakistan, en) — Op-ed-style analysis from a senior Pakistani journalist presenting Operation Shaban as a decisive counter-insurgency moment, citing 75 kills as the benchmark at time of writing and making the case that the scale marks a departure from earlier patterns of violence in the province.
  > "As a senior journalist who has tracked violence in Balochistan for years, I do not use the word decisive lightly."
  Source: https://en.dailypakistan.com.pk/11-Jul-2026/operation-shaban-how-pakistans-security-forces-neutralised-75-terrorists-in-balochistan

### Pakistani English-language daily; adds political context and the official compensation announcement
- **The Nation (Pakistan)** (Pakistan, en) — Reports the toll at 75 by early July 11 and includes Chief Minister Bugti's public framing of the campaign as a response to 'international conspiracies against Pakistan,' alongside the government's announced Rs 11 million payment for each officer's family.
  > "CM Bugti calls recent terror wave in Balochistan international conspiracies against Pakistan."
  Source: https://www.nation.com.pk/11-Jul-2026/75-terrorists-killed-ongoing-operation-shaban-balochistan-attacks

### unlabelled
- **Geo News** (Pakistan, en) — 
  Source: https://www.geo.tv/latest/672582-nine-more-terrorists-killed-in-ongoing-operation-shaban-in-balochistan-sources
- **Daily Excelsior** (India, en) — 
  Source: https://www.dailyexcelsior.com/88-terrorists-killed-in-ongoing-anti-terror-operation-in-pakistans-balochistan/
- **The Express Tribune** (Pakistan, en) — 
  Source: https://tribune.com.pk/story/2617675/nine-more-terrorists-killed-during-operation-shaban-in-balochistan-state-tv
- **Aaj TV (English)** (Pakistan, en) — 
  Source: https://english.aaj.tv/news/330463155/operation-shaban-21-more-militants-killed-in-balochistan

## Across the graph
- Entities: Country:pakistan, Balochistan

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