Pakistan on Sunday carried out an intelligence-based ground operation and ‘calibrated strikes’ on terrorist hideouts and safe havens along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, killing 29 terrorists, news agency AP reported. The operation came a day after terrorists armed with guns and explosives attacked the Sindh Rangers headquarters in Karachi, killing security personnel. Pakistan said the latest action was launched in response to a series of terrorist attacks across the country.In a post on Twitter, Pakistan’s Information Minister Ataullah Tarar said the operation targeted bases of Jamaat-ul-Ahrar and Fitnah al-Khwariz, the term Islamabad uses for the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).According to Tarar, security forces first conducted an intelligence-based ground operation in Bajaur district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border. He said four terrorists, including a “high-value” commander named Khan Farosh, were killed during the operation.Pakistan then launched “calibrated strikes” on three terrorist hideouts in Afghanistan’s Paktia, Paktika and Kunar provinces. Tarar said the strikes destroyed terrorist camps and hideouts belonging to Jamaat-ul-Ahrar and Fitnah al-Khwariz, killing 25 more militants. A large quantity of arms and ammunition kept at the sites were also destroyed, he said.The operation followed Saturday night’s attack on the regional headquarters of Sindh Rangers in Karachi. According to Pakistani officials, the terrorists rammed a vehicle into the main gate of the compound before opening fire and throwing grenades. Security forces killed three attackers and arrested another terrorist, whom the army identified as an injured Afghan civilian.Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, a splinter group from the Pakistani Taliban, has claimed responsibility for the Karachi attack.“Pakistan has always endeavored to maintain peace and stability in the region, but at the same time it will not compromise on the safety and security of its citizens, which is our top priority,” Tarar said.Pakistan has seen an increase in terrorist attacks targeting security forces in recent years. Islamabad has repeatedly accused Afghanistan’s Taliban government of harboring TTP militants and allowing them to carry out cross-border attacks, a charge Kabul has consistently denied.Pakistan has carried out several cross-border attacks since last year that it says are targeting the TTP and allied terrorist groups operating from bases inside Afghanistan.There was no immediate reaction from the Taliban-led government of Afghanistan.(with inputs from agencies)