Reporting from India, Pakistan, Afghanistan and neighbouring countries.
At least 31 people, including 16 police personnel, were killed and more than 100 others injured in a suicide car bombing and subsequent attacks targeting police facilities in Kohat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The attack was claimed by a group calling itself Ittehad-ul-Mujahideen Pakistan.
At least 25 people, including 15 police personnel, were killed and 103 others injured in a suicide car bombing near a mosque at the police lines in Kohat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Several terrorists also attempted to attack police installations following the blast but were killed by security forces. The attack was claimed by Ittehad-ul-Mujahideen Pakistan.
U.S. drone maker Powerus has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Pakistan Army that includes an initial drone order, as the company explores expanding its technology and manufacturing activities in Pakistan.
Six security personnel were killed in a landmine blast targeting their vehicle during an operation against TTP terrorists in Kurram district, while eight terrorists were killed in the ensuing exchange of fire, according to security sources.
Pakistan Army spokesperson Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry says the Makkah Joint Defence Agreement with Saudi Arabia and Türkiye is purely defensive and contains no offensive or regional expansionist agenda. He says operational details of the pact’s defence commitments will remain confidential.
Six people, including two policemen, were killed in separate terrorist attacks in Quetta and Khuzdar, Balochistan. The Baloch Liberation Army claimed responsibility for the Khuzdar attack, while police said the motive behind the Quetta killing remains unknown.
The Taliban have rejected reports that Al-Qaeda has re-established training camps in Afghanistan, calling the reports propaganda, while Western intelligence sources and a UN monitoring body have reported at least eight camps operating in the country.
Nine BLA terrorists, including a commander, were killed in separate security operations in Pakistan’s Balochistan province, while four security personnel were wounded in an exchange of fire in Pishin.
Pakistan’s Rangers and Counter Terrorism Department have killed a highly wanted TTP terrorist, Qari Ziaur Rehman alias Qari Saifullah, in a joint operation in Karachi. Officials said he was wanted in multiple attacks on military and FC camps and had recently arrived from Afghanistan to establish a terrorist network in the city.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has said Tehran did not start the recent war but was forced to defend itself against U.S. and Israeli aggression. He rejected claims that Iran is seeking nuclear weapons, accused Washington of undermining ceasefire negotiations, and called for stronger economic and regional cooperation, including closer ties with India and BRICS.
At least eight people, including four National Logistics Cell employees, were killed and seven others injured in separate terrorist attacks in Pakistan’s Balochistan province. Four NLC workers were shot dead near the Pakistan-Iran border in Gwadar, while four security personnel were killed in an attack on their vehicle in Lasbela.
BRICS leaders have called for maximum restraint amid escalating tensions in the Middle East, urging all parties to avoid actions that could worsen the conflict. The group also backed a Gaza ceasefire, full UN membership for Palestine, a two-state solution and protection of peaceful nuclear facilities.
