Overview

• The army said an intelligence-based operation on September 20 in Kulachi, Dera Ismail Khan, killed seven fighters after troops engaged a suspected hideout.
• ISPR identified the group as an Indian-linked network referred to as Fitna al Khwarij or Fitna al-Hindustan.
• The statement said the dead included three Afghan nationals and two suicide bombers.
• Weapons, ammunition and explosives were recovered, and clearance and sanitisation operations are continuing in the area.
• Pakistan urged the Afghan interim government to prevent the use of its territory for attacks and alleged Indian backing for masterminds, while a PTI report described the militants as TTP, highlighting inconsistent public attribution.