ISLAMABAD: A day after a blast in Khuzdar martyred six people, including four children, the military’s top brass has vowed to dismantle and decimate all proxies and facilitators of terrorism with unrelenting resolve, according to a statement issued by the military’s media wing on Thursday. “These hostile elements, trained and financed to incite chaos and fear, will be dismantled and decimated with full force of national will and institutional strength.” The statement came after Chief of Army Staff Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir chaired the 270th Corps Commanders’ Conference (CCC) at the General Headquarters, Rawalpindi. The ISPR said the top commanders’ meeting commenced with Fateha for the martyrs of Bunyan-um-Marsoos, and the heinous terrorist attack in Khuzdar, Balochistan, an atrocity perpetrated through India-sponsored proxies, which resulted in the loss of four innocent children and two adults. The forum unequivocally condemned the barbaric act, noting its deliberate targeting of non-combatants, particularly children, as a reprehensible violation of all norms of humanity and international conduct. The ISPR added that the top military commanders deliberated in depth on the threat posed by India-backed terrorist proxies operating in Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. It was observed that following its military failure in the wake of the Pahalgam incident, India, the so-called and self-claimed victim of terrorism, is actually a perpetrator of terrorism and the epicenter of regional instability, upped the use of covert means, employing non-state actors to pursue its destabilisation agenda. The military’s top brass resolved that Pakistan will never allow its peace to be compromised by externally sponsored terrorism.The armed forces, in close synergy with intelligence and law enforcement agencies, will pursue all proxies and facilitators of terrorism with unrelenting resolve. The top military huddle came amid heightened tensions between Pakistan and India in the wake of last month’s Pahalgam attack in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) wherein 26 tourists were killed by gunmen. India blamed Pakistan for the attack without offering any evidence and launched missile and drone attacks on civilians, leaving at least 53 individuals, including 13 personnel of the armed forces and 40 civilians, dead in an unprovoked cross-border attack. Pakistan , in response shot down over 80 Indian drones and six IAF fighter jets, including three Rafales, before launching a large-scale retaliatory military action, named ‘Operation Bunyan-um-Marsoos’, and targeted several Indian military installations across multiple regions. The strikes, described by officials as “precise and proportionate”, were carried out in response to India’s continued aggression across the Line of Control (LoC) and within Pakistan’s territory, which New Delhi claimed were aimed at “terrorist targets”.After at least 87 hours, the clashes, provoked by India, ended on May 10 with a ceasefire agreement brokered by the United States. In the statement today, the military also paid solemn tribute to all the martyrs of Marka-e-Haq, the period of conflict with India since April 22-May 10, who laid down their lives in defence of the nation during India’s unprovoked aggression, read the ISPR statement. “It reaffirmed that the sacred blood of the Shuhada shall not go in vain and safety and security of the people of Pakistan will continue to be the foremost priority of the armed forces.”