Overview
- Three people were injured Friday when a quadcopter dropped explosives on a cricket match in Shahi Tangi, Mamund tehsil of Bajaur, prompting a security cordon and a search operation.
- South Waziristan officials reported cross‑border mortars struck Angoor Adda on April 26 and 29, injuring civilians and damaging homes, with outlets citing five or eight wounded as patients were moved to hospitals in Dera Ismail Khan and Peshawar.
- Pakistan’s military said forces foiled two infiltration attempts along the Afghan border on April 28–29 in Mohmand and North Waziristan, killing 13 militants and launching follow‑up clearance operations.
- Bajaur’s deputy commissioner issued an official list confirming nine civilians, including women and children, killed and 12 injured in March–April shelling in Mamund and Salarzai, with relief and home repairs underway.
- Security sources described ongoing counter‑strikes under Operation Ghazab Lil‑Haq that hit Taliban posts in the Chaman sector and targets in Afghanistan’s Laghman and Nangarhar, as officials warn militants are turning to small drones to spread fear in border communities.