Overview

• The military said coordinated attacks along the Afghan frontier were beaten back and that retaliatory air, artillery and drone strikes hit Taliban-linked camps and posts across the border.
• ISPR reported more than 200 militants killed and confirmed 23 Pakistani personnel slain with 29 wounded during the fighting.
• In Dera Ismail Khan, a vehicle-borne blast and armed assault on a police training school left six police officers and a mosque cleric dead as five attackers were killed, according to ISPR.
• Pakistan’s Foreign Office summoned the Afghan ambassador to protest an Afghanistan–India joint statement and accused Kabul of allowing anti-Pakistan groups to operate from its soil, allegations Afghan officials have disputed.
• KP’s governor confirmed receipt of Ali Amin Gandapur’s handwritten resignation and said it is under legal review as the assembly votes Monday for a new chief minister, with PTI’s Suhail Afridi on the ballot, PTI courting PPP and JUI-F support, and rivals warning of a possible court challenge.