Overview
- A joint CTD and police raid in Sarai Naurang left two suspects dead, identified by officials as Azmatullah and Mohammad Sohail and tied to earlier killings of police and security personnel.
- ISPR said 38 militants were killed in four intelligence-based operations conducted November 15–16 across Dera Ismail Khan, North Waziristan, Bajaur and Bannu, including ringleaders Alam Mehsud and Sajjad alias Abuzar.
- The military reported four additional militants killed on November 17–18 in Bajaur, North Waziristan’s Spinwam and Zakir Khel, and Dera Ismail Khan, with arms and ammunition recovered.
- Authorities attributed the fighters to an Indian proxy they call Fitna al-Khawarij and said sanitisation sweeps are continuing to locate remaining elements.
- President Asif Ali Zardari, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi praised the operations, which come against a backdrop of elevated cross-border militancy and more than 600 terror incidents recorded in KP in early 2025.