https://tribune.com.pk/story/1442354/tell-tale-signs-presence-balochistan/ The writer is a research student at UW-Madison’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication and a former correspondent of The Express Tribune In the wake of a large-scale security operation in Mastung, the Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) -– the media wing of the Pakistani Army — issued a statement denying the existence of any directly or indirectly Islamic State-affiliated infrastructure in Balochistan or anywhere else in Pakistan. A day earlier, on June 3 rd , every major newspaper in the country reported that IS infrastructure had been targeted in the raid and that the army had faced tough resistance. During the exchange of fire at least 12 extremists — described by an army spokesperson as hardcore terrorists — were killed. Army personnel also sustained serious injuries during the three-day operation. Intelligence reports indicated that the IS has set up an infrastructure in the caves of the Ispli
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