Overview
- Security forces conducted an intelligence-based operation in Darazinda near Dera Ismail Khan, killing three TTP operatives, including a man identified by sources as Abu Darda, also known as Hakeem.
- The latest action follows an ISPR-confirmed intelligence-based operation in Bannu on November 21 that left eight militants dead and led to the seizure of weapons and ammunition.
- A separate ISPR release reported 13 militants killed in two engagements in Lakki Marwat and Dera Ismail Khan, with authorities saying sanitisation is underway in cleared areas.
- KP police and CTD accounts put total militant fatalities across recent joint operations at 17, naming commanders Niaz Ali (Akasha), Abdullah (Shapankoi) and Rasool (Commander Aryana), while noting difficult terrain hindered recovery of three bodies.
- Police said a bomb disposal squad defused an IED planted on Bannu’s Dawa Bridge, as national leaders praised the forces and official statements described the targeted network as Indian-sponsored Fitna al-Khawarij.