Reporting from India, Pakistan, Afghanistan and neighbouring countries.
Six suspected TTP terrorists were killed during a joint CTD and police operation in Pakistan's Lower Dir district after opening fire on security forces. Authorities said the militants were linked to recent attacks, including the deadly assault on the Badwan Bridge police checkpoint.
Armed terrorists abducted a police officer and five other personnel in Upper South Waziristan after intercepting their vehicle at a roadside blockade. Police and security forces have launched a search operation to recover the kidnapped officers.
Karachi’s Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) arrested an alleged suicide bomber linked to the banned TTP, officials said. A suicide vest, maps of sensitive locations, and photographs were recovered during the operation. Authorities said the suspect was part of a network planning attacks in Karachi, while further investigations and raids are ongoing.
At least seven people were killed and six injured in twin explosions targeting passenger vehicles near Domel in Pakistan's Bannu district. Police said a second blast struck a vehicle transporting the wounded after the initial explosion. Security forces have launched an investigation, and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
A CTD officer was killed in a targeted shooting by armed militants in Nushki district of Pakistan’s Balochistan province, police said. The attack took place at Ahmadwal Stop where motorcycle-riding assailants opened fire, killing the Deputy Superintendent of Police on the spot. The banned Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) claimed responsibility for the incident, while security forces launched a search operation and began investigations.
The Afghan Taliban have claimed that they carried out airstrikes on alleged ISIS-linked targets inside Pakistan’s Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces, a claim that Pakistan has strongly rejected as false. The exchange comes amid rising tensions between the two countries following recent cross-border attacks and retaliatory strikes.
Three separate terror incidents were reported across Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, where militants destroyed a government girls’ high school, injured three police officers in a suspected quadcopter attack, and killed a police constable in a shooting. Security forces have launched investigations and search operations in all three cases.
