Overview
- Security forces report four militants killed in Bajaur, including Amjad alias Mazahim, the deputy to TTP chief Noor Wali and a high‑value target with a Rs5 million bounty.
- In Balochistan, the army says 18 militants were killed in two IBOs in Quetta’s Chiltan Mountains and Kech’s Buleda area, with weapons and explosives recovered.
- An earlier Kurram operation in Dogar left six soldiers, including Captain Noman Saleem, dead and seven militants killed, according to ISPR, with clearance operations continuing.
- The military frames the actions under the Azm‑e‑Istehkam campaign, and the president and prime minister publicly praised the forces for the raids.
- Some outlets published differing accounts of the Kurram incident and casualty figures, highlighting discrepancies with the ISPR narrative.