Overview
- ISPR said nine militants were killed on December 5 in two intelligence-based operations in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, with seven in Tank and two in Lakki Marwat.
- Weapons and ammunition were recovered in the KP raids, and the military described those killed as linked to the proxy group it calls Fitna al-Khawarij.
- Separately, ISPR-linked reports said five militants were killed in an intelligence-based operation in Dera Bugti, Balochistan, with weapons and explosives seized.
- Follow-up sanitisation sweeps are underway under the government-approved Azm-e-Istehkam counterterrorism campaign.
- Officials including Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi, President Asif Ali Zardari, and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif publicly praised the actions, while detailed identities, independent verification, and fuller operational specifics were not provided.