Overview

• ISPR says ‘Fitna al‑Khawarij’ fighters launched cross‑border attacks after a deadly assault on a Dera Ismail Khan police training school that left six police officers dead and others wounded.
• Pakistan’s military reports 23 soldiers killed and 29 wounded, claiming more than 200 Taliban‑linked militants were killed as artillery, air power and drones struck camps and posts across the frontier.
• The army says multiple Taliban positions and training sites were destroyed and that up to 21 enemy positions were temporarily overrun during retaliatory operations.
• Pakistan’s Foreign Office summoned the Afghan ambassador, rejected an Afghanistan–India joint statement on Kashmir, and demanded Kabul prevent use of Afghan territory by groups it links to ‘Fitna al‑Khawarij’ and ‘Fitna al‑Hindustan’.
• Lahore police said 112 officers were seriously injured and several personnel remain missing after violent protests, as political tensions rose alongside Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s leadership transition, with the governor reviewing Ali Amin Gandapur’s resignation and an assembly vote set to choose a successor.