Reporting from India, Pakistan, Afghanistan and neighbouring countries.
Two militants were killed in an intelligence-based CTD operation in Pakistan’s Mardan district, with weapons, a grenade, magazines and ammunition recovered from their possession. Their identities are being verified, while a search operation continues for their fleeing accomplices.
Pakistan’s Balochistan authorities say security forces detained two girls, aged 16 and 12, who were allegedly being prepared by the banned BLA for suicide attacks.
Maulana Rashid Ahmed was killed by unknown armed militants in a targeted shooting while he was on his way to a mosque in Pakistan’s Swat district, police said.
A policeman was killed and five others, including a DSP, were injured in a militant attack on a police vehicle in Pakistan’s Dera Ismail Khan, authorities said.
Five alleged militant associates were arrested during a joint security operation in India-administered Kashmir’s Kulgam district, with four pistols, ammunition and two hand grenades recovered from their possession.
India has signed a deal with the United States to acquire Javelin anti-tank missile systems, strengthening defense cooperation between the two countries amid recent diplomatic and trade tensions.
Pakistan’s CTD and a federal intelligence agency have arrested a highly wanted alleged target killer linked to the banned Sipah-e-Muhammad organization in Karachi, recovering a hand grenade and a Kalashnikov from his possession.
At least six TTP militants were killed in security operations in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, while separate blasts in South Waziristan, Bajaur and Kurram left a peace committee member dead and at least 10 people injured.
Writing Pakistan, Kuwait Sign Protocol Agreement-2026 to Expand Military Cooperation Rawalpindi (Terror Monitor) — Pakistan and Kuwait have signed the “Protocol Agreement-2026” to significantly strengthen the existing military cooperation framework between the two countries, amid broader efforts by Pakistan and Gulf states to deepen defence and security partnerships. The agreement builds on the Defence Cooperation Agreement-2023, which Pakistan and Kuwait signed in Kuwait on June 11, 2023, with
Pakistan has rejected as “baseless” Afghan Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid’s claim that Pakistani military personnel were involved in recent clashes in Badakhshan, saying no credible evidence supports the allegation and urging Kabul to address Afghanistan’s internal security challenges.
A series of attacks, explosions and clashes across Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province left one police officer dead and at least 27 people injured, while two militants were reportedly killed and three watchmen were allegedly abducted. The TTP has claimed responsibility for several of the attacks.
