Pakistani CTD police have named several alleged commanders of the banned militant group Jamaat-ul-Ahrar as the suspected masterminds behind the suicide attack and armed assault on a Rangers compound in Karachi's Gulistan-e-Jauhar area. According to the FIR, a suicide bomber detonated explosives at the compound entrance before three armed militants stormed the facility. Two attackers were killed, one was arrested, and authorities say the investigation is ongoing.
The outlawed Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) claimed responsibility for the suicide bombing, alleging that more than 30 security personnel were killed. The claim has not been independently verified, while Pakistani authorities have reported significantly lower casualty figures.
A bomb blast at a café in central Damascus killed at least seven people and injured 16 others, Syrian authorities said. Officials reported that emergency teams evacuated the wounded while security forces sealed off the area and launched an investigation, with no group claiming responsibility so far.
overyA wave of violence in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province left two police personnel dead in a targeted attack in Mohmand, while a school blast in Bannu damaged a building and security forces recovered a 7kg suicide vest in Nowshera during a separate operation.
Seven people, including women and children, were injured in a suspected drone strike in the Shinkot area of Bajaur’s Khar tehsil. The injured were shifted to nearby medical facilities, while authorities are monitoring the situation.
A suspected drone strike in Pakistan's northwestern city of Peshawar killed one woman and injured more than 10 people, including women and children. Authorities have launched an investigation, while no official statement has identified those responsible for the attack.
Two IRGC personnel were killed and two others seriously wounded in a shooting attack in Iran's Kermanshah Province. While Iranian authorities described the incident as a terrorist attack, the Kurdish group Xorî Hîwa claimed responsibility, alleging it targeted regime-linked collaborators. Iranian officials have not confirmed the group's claim.
The Taliban claim Pakistani airstrikes killed and injured civilians, including women and children, in multiple Afghan provinces. Pakistan says the operation targeted militant hideouts in response to recent cross-border attacks, while the reported casualties remain unverified.
Karachi’s Gulistan-e-Johar area came under attack when a suspected suicide vehicle-borne explosive targeted a Rangers compound, followed by intense gunfire. According to official sources, at least 10 people were killed, including security personnel, while clearance and search operations are ongoing in the area.
