Reporting from India, Pakistan, Afghanistan and neighbouring countries.
India claims it dismantled a Pakistan-linked Shahzad Bhatti network in coordinated raids across 14 states, arresting more than 200 alleged operatives. Pakistan has rejected the allegations as “baseless” and accused India of running a “malicious campaign” against Islamabad.
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.
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.
South Korean President Lee Jae-myung has offered North Korea direct talks to formally end the Korean War and prevent further expansion of Pyongyang’s nuclear capabilities, amid growing military ties between North Korea and Russia.
Faizabad Mayor Habib ur Rahman Mansour was killed in a magnetic bomb blast in Afghanistan’s Badakhshan province, with the Taliban-opposition National Resistance Front claiming responsibility.
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.
At least 15 militants were killed in a security operation in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, while a policeman was killed and several security personnel and civilians were injured in separate terrorist incidents across Upper Dir, Bannu, Charsadda, Dera Ismail Khan and Bajaur.
Three police officers were killed and four people injured in two separate terrorist attacks targeting police teams in Lahore, Pakistan. Police said the attackers were affiliated with the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and identified Rehan Butt as the main suspect. The assailants also hijacked a police vehicle and fled after the second attack.
The UN says Taliban intelligence officials detained two staff members of its political mission in Herat on August 9, with no explanation of the allegations or access granted to UN officials.
