Reporting from India, Pakistan, Afghanistan and neighbouring countries.
Two police personnel, including an Assistant Sub-Inspector, were killed and two others injured in an IED attack on a police armored vehicle in Tank district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Security forces launched a search operation after the attack, while no group has claimed responsibility.
Five workers from Punjab were killed in a terrorist attack in Washuk district of Balochistan. The banned Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) claimed responsibility for the attack, while security forces launched an investigation and search operation.
A CTD Sub-Inspector was killed in a targeted gun attack by unidentified terrorists in Buner district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The attacker escaped after the assault, while security forces launched a search operation to trace the suspects.
Bannu Police in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province has released a list of 40 wanted militants and announced total rewards of Rs158.5 million for information leading to their arrest. Police said the suspects are wanted in cases involving attacks on security forces, bombings, extortion, kidnapping, and targeted killings.
Four militants linked to the Commander Zahid Group were killed during a joint intelligence-based operation by Karak and Kohat police in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Khattak Dam area. Police said the militants were wanted in several attacks targeting security personnel.
At least 17 people were killed after a suicide attack targeted PPP leader Mir Shafiq ur Rehman Mengal's residence in Khuzdar. The banned BLA claimed responsibility, while authorities launched an investigation into one of the deadliest attacks against the politician in recent years.
Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif chaired a high-level security meeting in Quetta following a wave of militant attacks in Balochistan that killed at least 42 people. He vowed to continue counterterrorism operations until "the last terrorist is eliminated" and accused Pakistan's eastern neighbor of supporting militancy.
Pakistan’s Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) arrested two alleged members of the banned Lashkar-e-Jhangvi Naeem Bukhari group in Karachi. The suspects were wanted in connection with IED attacks, targeted killings, and sectarian violence, according to CTD officials.
Protests continued in Quetta over recent militant attacks in Balochistan, with sit-ins held against the killings of police personnel in Ziarat and the attack in Hanna Urak. Demonstrators are demanding security measures, recovery of abducted people, and action against those responsible.
Two Christian cricketers were killed in a shooting at a cricket ground in Mastung, Balochistan. The Islamic State Pakistan Province (ISPP) claimed responsibility for the attack, while authorities launched an investigation.
At least 27 police personnel were killed after militants attacked a police checkpoint in Pakistan's Ziarat district and later executed 17 abducted officers, whose bodies were recovered from the Zarghoon Ghar area. The Pakistani military said 26 militants were killed in subsequent security operations, while the banned TTP claimed it seized a police vehicle and dozens of government-issued weapons during the assault.
