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The counterterrorism operations by the security agencies left 8,976 persons dead and 1,152 injured during last six years (2013-18). More than 50% of total fatalities from security operations were recorded in FATA (4,759), followed by Sindh (1,843), Balochistan (1,080), Punjab (835), KP (429), and other regions of the country.
Districts/agencies with the most fatalities from security operations
The regions where counterterrorism/security operations resulted in the most fatalities include four agencies of FATA, four districts of Balochistan, and one each district of Sindh and Punjab each (table 20).
Types of security operations
Nearly 212 air raids during Zarb-e-Azb operations left 3,532 militants dead, roughly 1,701 encounters with security forces left 3,599 dead. The country lost 10 Bomb Disposal Unit personnel in the line of duty. In some cases, encounters with security forces came under question after the families of the victims offered wildly differing accounts of the incidents. Besides suspected encounters, there were also 80 custodial deaths of prisoners/detainees (table 21).
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