Overview
- In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on March 6–7, five intelligence-based operations killed 13 militants across Bajaur (5), Bannu and Dera Ismail Khan (3), and Khyber and South Waziristan (5), according to ISPR.
- Separate operations in Balochistan on March 5 left 15 dead, with 12 killed in Harnai linked by officials to the TTP and three in Basima linked to the BLA.
- ISPR said weapons, ammunition and explosives were recovered, and sanitisation teams are continuing to sweep the affected areas.
- The military described the targets as India-sponsored groups using the state terms Fitna al-Khawarij for TTP and Fitna al-Hindustan for BLA, a characterization presented in official statements.
- President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif praised the forces, as officials tied the domestic raids to Operation Ghazab lil-Haq and cited cumulative figures of 527 Afghan Taliban killed, 755 injured and 237 checkposts destroyed.