Overview
- Eight militants were killed in an intelligence-based operation in Kalat on December 24, which ISPR said targeted a cell linked to 'Fitna al Hindustan'.
- Two militants were killed in Kulachi, Dera Ismail Khan, including ringleader Dilawar, a high‑value target carrying a Rs4 million bounty.
- Weapons, ammunition and explosives were recovered at both locations, and follow‑up sanitisation operations are under way, according to the military.
- The military described the KP militants as Khawarij/TTP‑linked and the Balochistan group as India‑backed proxies.
- President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif publicly praised the security forces for the operations.