Overview

• Police said three officers were wounded in the gunbattle in Karak.
• The fighters killed were referred to by authorities as “Khwarij,” a label used for TTP members.
• Friday’s action followed an intelligence-based raid two days earlier in Dera Ismail Khan that police say killed 13 suspected militants.
• Security forces have been conducting frequent raids across the northwest as part of a sustained counterterror campaign.
• The TTP is separate from but aligned with the Afghan Taliban, and many of its leaders are believed to be sheltering in Afghanistan since 2021.