Reporting from India, Pakistan, Afghanistan and neighbouring countries.
Pakistani security forces have arrested an Afghan national during an alleged infiltration attempt in Kurram, recovering a submachine gun, ammunition and a notebook containing bomb-making notes. Separately, a hand-grenade attack on a contractor’s guesthouse in Bannu injured two people.
Three polio workers have been abducted by armed militants in Pakistan’s Kurram district, while a vaccination supervisor kidnapped in neighbouring Khyber district has been released after three days in captivity.
Four people, including a police constable and an FC personnel, were abducted by armed militants after a vehicle was intercepted on Hussain Khel-Ghundi Road in Lakki Marwat’s Bettani subdivision, triggering intense gunfire and tribal mobilisation.
Two police personnel protecting polio vaccination teams were killed and another wounded when motorcycle-riding gunmen opened fire in Mohmand, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The attack comes as Pakistan conducts a nationwide campaign targeting 24 million children in 97 high-risk districts.
Pakistan has successfully tested its first indigenously developed FAZ air-to-air missile, with the ISPR saying the advanced weapon will enhance the Pakistan Air Force's operational capabilities and strengthen the country's defense posture.
Three policeman were injured after unidentified armed terrorists targeted Tower No. 3 at an IDP camp in Bannu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, with a quadcopter drone. Police opened fire, forcing the drone to retreat.
Two suspected terrorists were killed during a police operation in Pakistan’s Orakzai district, while SHO Muhammad Younis and Constable Saleem were wounded in an exchange of fire. Police alleged that the men had been extorting money from local residents in the name of Ushr.
Türkiye’s intelligence agency has captured a suspected ISIS-Khorasan operative, identified as Uğur Bahadır, in the Afghanistan-Pakistan region and transferred him to Türkiye for investigation.
Five police personnel have been killed in five separate terrorist attacks across Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, with incidents reported in Malakand, Lakki Marwat, Bannu and Lower South Waziristan.
Police Constable Mumtaz was killed in a shooting in Lakki Marwat, while two suspected target killers allegedly involved in the attack were eliminated in a joint police-CTD operation.
