A judicial commission has begun probing the killing of 31 police officers in a militant attack at a pumping station in Ziarat, Balochistan, with a focus on security arrangements and possible negligence.
Pakistan’s security forces killed seven TTP militants in an intelligence-based operation in Kharan, Balochistan, and recovered weapons, ammunition, a motorcycle and two vehicles from their hideouts.
A traffic police constable was killed and a worker seriously injured in separate attacks in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, while security forces thwarted a drone attack on a police post in Bannu.
Ten militants affiliated with the outlawed Baloch Liberation Army were killed and several others injured during a security operation in Khuzdar district, Balochistan, security sources said.
Iraqi security forces arrested three ISIS militants in separate intelligence-based operations in Diyala and Anbar provinces and recovered a cache of weapons and ammunition abandoned by the group.
Syrian security authorities have arrested a senior ISIS commander during an intelligence operation, while officials have withheld his identity and further details.
Five TTP terrorists were killed in a joint police and security forces operation in Bannu, while separate attacks and clashes across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa left a police officer and two civilians dead and several others injured.
Balochistan Interior Minister Mir Ziaullah Langau escaped unhurt after unidentified militants attacked his convoy in Mastung, injuring six security personnel. Mobile internet and train services were also suspended across the province over security concerns.
Kuwaiti authorities have arrested three suspected Daesh members accused of plotting attacks on a Shiite mosque and key national installations, according to a security source cited by AFP.
