Reporting from India, Pakistan, Afghanistan and neighbouring countries.
Clashes between security forces and armed militants were reported in Kharan, while coordinated attacks across Balochistan damaged six freight vehicles and a bridge. Train services from Quetta also remained suspended for a second consecutive day amid heightened security concerns.
At least five people, including police and security personnel, were killed and several others injured in a series of terrorist and armed attacks across Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Authorities launched search operations and intelligence-based actions following the incidents.
Pakistan’s security forces killed six BLA militants in an intelligence-based operation in Pishin, while a separate blast targeting a security forces convoy in Mastung killed one security official and injured 10 others.
Pakistan’s CTD has arrested 20 suspected militants, including two Red Book-listed terrorists wanted since 2014, during intelligence-based operations across Punjab. Weapons and explosive-making materials were also recovered.
Five workers from Punjab were killed and another injured after unidentified armed militants allegedly abducted and shot them near Saranan in Pakistan’s Balochistan province. No group has claimed responsibility.
Two police officers were killed in separate militant attacks in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. The Islamic State claimed responsibility for the Bajaur attack, while the banned TTP claimed the killing of a police officer in Mardan.
Two security personnel were killed and seven others injured when an explosive device targeted a security forces convoy in Mastung, Balochistan. The blast was the third reported violent incident in Khadkocha within two days.
A Hindu trader was killed in Balochistan, while a police station in Pishin was destroyed and a tehsil office in Kachhi set ablaze in separate attacks. Pakistani security forces also claimed to have killed 49 militants in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan.
Pakistani security forces have killed 49 militants in separate intelligence-based operations in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan, targeting networks affiliated with the banned TTP and BLA, according to military and security officials.
A local leader of the banned Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat was killed and his 10-year-old son injured when unidentified gunmen opened fire in Hangu district of Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
Pakistan’s proposed Defence Forces Act 2026 and National Command Authority amendment seek to overhaul the country’s military command structure by creating a Chief of Defence Forces post, establishing a central Defence Forces Headquarters and expanding the National Command Authority.
A suicide attack targeting a security forces vehicle was foiled in Bannu, where two security personnel were wounded. Four militants were killed in separate operations in Bannu and Lakki Marwat, while police also defused suspected explosives near a university.
