Overview
- CTD officials identified two men killed in the Bannu operation as Sohail alias Sangari and Ismail alias Usman.
- Police said three militants were killed near Khyber’s Shah Kas Bypass Road in an action that foiled a major plot targeting police personnel.
- Three more were killed in Zahir Garhi outside Peshawar, while several associates escaped as search-and-strike efforts continue.
- Recovered items included Kalashnikov rifles, a pistol, ammunition, mobile phones, a motorcycle and a card of the banned TTP.
- Authorities linked the suspects to attacks on the Sheikh Lindak and Fateh Khel police posts, a security forces convoy and an IED attack on an under-construction Rescue 1122 building, as the KP police chief pledged further targeted operations.