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.
Terrorists attacked Niger’s main airport, killing 35 people in a major assault that officials say is the second such attack in less than five months. The dead include soldiers, civilians, and attackers, while security forces later seized weapons and arrested suspects. The al-Qaeda-linked group JNIM has claimed responsibility for the attack.
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.
