Overview
- Security officials said 26 militants were killed in coordinated intelligence-based operations across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Thursday.
- Twenty-two militants were killed in a targeted assault in Gaddar village, Bajaur, after residents evacuated on the advice of tribal elders, according to officials.
- District Police Officer Shehbaz Ilahi said three attackers died in a Kohat shootout after opening fire on a patrol near Bazid Khel.
- One wanted suspect was killed in a separate CTD-led operation in Karak, and police said inquiries are underway to identify linked networks.
- In a newer action reported Saturday, KP Police and the CTD said they killed five militants in a joint operation in the Bannu–Lakki Marwat border area, with no police casualties.