According to the military’s media wing, the operations were conducted as part of an intensified counterterrorism campaign aimed at dismantling militant networks operating in the province.
The ISPR said security forces engaged multiple militant positions during intense exchanges of fire, killing 35 militants in Mir Ali and eight in Orakzai.
The military identified those killed as members of Fitna-al-Khwarij and described the group as Indian-sponsored.
Security forces also recovered a large quantity of weapons, ammunition and explosives, including homemade explosives and improvised explosive devices (IEDs), during subsequent clearance operations.
According to the statement, the recovered materials were intended for use in terrorist activities.
The ISPR said sanitisation operations were continuing to eliminate any remaining militants in the affected areas.
It reiterated that counterterrorism efforts under the Azm-e-Istehkam initiative, approved by the Federal Apex Committee on the National Action Plan, would continue against foreign-sponsored and supported terrorism.