Reporting from India, Pakistan, Afghanistan and neighbouring countries.
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.
Three Afghan nationals were killed and another injured after unidentified gunmen opened fire on them at Hazarganji Cross in Quetta. Police have launched an investigation into the attack, while the motive remains unknown.
India claims it dismantled a Pakistan-linked Shahzad Bhatti network in coordinated raids across 14 states, arresting more than 200 alleged operatives. Pakistan has rejected the allegations as “baseless” and accused India of running a “malicious campaign” against Islamabad.
A judicial commission has begun probing the killing of 31 police officers in a militant attack at a pumping station in Ziarat, Balochistan, with a focus on security arrangements and possible negligence.
Pakistan’s security forces killed seven TTP militants in an intelligence-based operation in Kharan, Balochistan, and recovered weapons, ammunition, a motorcycle and two vehicles from their hideouts.
A traffic police constable was killed and a worker seriously injured in separate attacks in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, while security forces thwarted a drone attack on a police post in Bannu.
Ten militants affiliated with the outlawed Baloch Liberation Army were killed and several others injured during a security operation in Khuzdar district, Balochistan, security sources said.
