Overview
- ISPR reports two intelligence‑based operations on Nov 8–9 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa that killed a total of 20 militants.
- In Shawal, North Waziristan, eight suspects were killed, and in Darra Adam Khel, 12 were killed after heavy exchanges of fire, according to the military.
- The military says clearance and sanitisation efforts are continuing to remove remaining threats in the operation zones.
- Officials describe the fighters as India‑sponsored, with ISPR using the government‑mandated term “khwarij” for banned‑group militants.
- Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi praised the forces and linked the actions to Operation Azm‑i‑Istehkam, while separate reports noted seven militants killed and one policeman slain in a Bannu gunfight.