Overview
- ISPR says 10 militants, including senior commander Alam Mehsud, were killed in an operation in Kulachi, Dera Ismail Khan, while five more died in a separate Datta Khel raid, with clearance efforts continuing.
- In a later statement, ISPR reported 11 militants killed in Bajaur, including ringleader Sajjad aka Abuzar, and 12 in Bannu during November 16–17 operations, with an additional militant shot while planting an IED early November 18 in Bannu.
- Security sources reported four of those killed in Kulachi were Afghan nationals and said forces recovered explosives, suicide jackets, IEDs and other weapons.
- President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif praised the operations and reaffirmed support for continued counter-terrorism measures under the national strategy.
- Authorities noted recent actions follow the November 11 Islamabad Judicial Complex bombing, with arrests announced in a linked TTP/FAK cell and police reporting a separate suicide blast near a Bannu police station without further casualties.