Overview
- ISPR reports security forces conducted an intelligence-based operation on December 24 in Kalat, Balochistan, leading to an intense firefight.
- Weapons, ammunition and explosives were recovered from the site identified as a militants’ hideout, according to the military.
- The militants were described by ISPR as linked to Fitna al Hindustan and involved in multiple attacks on security personnel and civilians.
- Sanitisation operations are continuing in surrounding areas to clear any remaining fighters, the military said.
- Officials underscore a wider counterterror push and recent diplomatic pressure on Kabul, including a December 19 summons over cross-border militancy.