Overview
- Counter Terrorism Department officials say an intelligence-led raid in Dera Ismail Khan turned into a gunfight after suspects opened fire, resulting in three fatalities.
- The dead were identified as Naimatullah, Abdul Rauf—described by police as an Afghan national—and Mustafa, whom officials accused of attacking police and security forces.
- Recovered items included three Kalashnikov rifles, nine magazines, two hand grenades, and assorted ammunition, according to CTD statements.
- CTD described the group as Fitna-al-Khawarij linked to the banned TTP, and Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi praised the operation while calling the slain men “Indian-sponsored terrorists.”
- Security forces expanded searches in the area, while officials separately reported an explosives attack that destroyed a Kurram River bridge in North Waziristan with no claim of responsibility and a Bajaur market shooting that killed Khalilur Rehman as police launched a manhunt.