Overview
- Security forces said they killed three militants from Fitna al-Khawarij in North Waziristan and Tank, identifying two as Afghan nationals including one who served in the Afghan Border Police.
- Armed men opened fire on the North Waziristan DPO’s convoy near Bannu, leaving several police personnel injured while the DPO remained unhurt as a search operation got underway.
- DG ISPR cautioned that any attack from Afghan territory would nullify the ceasefire, reported recent clashes causing 206 Afghan Taliban and 110 TTP fatalities, and reiterated there will be no talks with terrorist groups.
- Military briefings linked insurgent financing to narcotics and smuggling, citing poppy profits of roughly Rs1.8–3.2 million per acre and noting crop-destruction operations in the Tirah Valley.
- Islamabad pressed Kabul to stop infiltration or hand over suspects and pointed to Istanbul talks resuming on November 6 to finalise a monitoring framework, as national leaders praised ongoing Azm-e-Istehkam operations.