Overview

• Pakistan’s military said an intelligence-based operation overnight on Sept. 26–27 in the Darsha Khail area killed 17 militants and led to the recovery of weapons and ammunition.
• Regional police reported three security personnel were wounded during the gunbattle in the Karak–Lakki Marwat border area.
• Authorities imposed a curfew in Darsha Khail and nearby villages and launched sanitisation and mop-up searches, telling residents to remain indoors and not shelter suspects.
• Government statements praised the forces and used the term “Fitna al‑Khawarij,” describing the network as an Indian proxy and linking it to TTP and allied factions, a claim presented as the official view.
• Separately in Bajaur, an old explosive device detonated while children were playing, killing four and injuring others, prompting forensic work and bomb-disposal sweeps.