Overview
- Security forces said they killed 23 militants over the past 48 hours in intelligence‑based operations across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and the military named Jan Meer, also known as Toor Saqib, as one of the dead.
- A joint Counter Terrorism Department and police raid in Bannu killed eight militants, left one police officer dead and another injured, and saw a 10‑kilogram improvised explosive device safely defused.
- On the outskirts of Quetta, CTD officials reported nine suspected militants were killed in a heavy gunbattle that also cost the lives of four CTD personnel and wounded several others.
- Security forces recovered weapons, ammunition and large explosives, uncovered improvised explosive devices and said they discovered and destroyed underground tunnels and bunkers during follow‑up sanitisation and clearance work.
- Officials framed the actions as part of the nationwide Azm‑e‑Istehkam counter‑terror campaign and linked them to a recent rise in cross‑border militant incidents, a dynamic that officials say will keep operations at high tempo and sustain risk to security personnel and civilians.