Overview
- An explosives‑laden vehicle rammed the main gate of the Sindh Rangers’ Bhittai Wing in Karachi late on Saturday, triggering explosions and a roughly 90‑minute gunbattle at the compound.
- Pakistani officials say three Rangers personnel died defending the camp and that security forces killed several attackers while capturing one wounded assailant who was identified as an Afghan national.
- Information Minister Attaullah Tarar announced intelligence‑led ground operations in Bajaur and precision strikes in Afghanistan’s Paktia, Paktika and Kunar provinces that the government says killed 29 militants.
- Authorities named a senior militant, Khan Farosh (alias Zabal), among those killed and said the strikes destroyed weapons stores and militant hideouts, while Afghan spokesmen and some international sources have disputed claims about identities and civilian harm.
- The attack and Pakistan’s follow‑up operations intensify a year‑long border crisis tied to Operation Ghazb Lil Haq and raise the risk of further military tit‑for‑tat action and harm to civilians living along the frontier.