Overview

• A powerful IED detonated near a police patrol vehicle in Wana tehsil, South Waziristan, killing two officers and injuring 14 people, mostly passersby.
• No group has claimed responsibility for the blast, but officials suspect Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan was behind the attack.
• In Zhob district of Balochistan, security forces killed 33 suspected militants who attempted to cross from Afghanistan in an overnight clearance operation.
• The military accused the slain fighters of receiving Indian backing without providing evidence to support the claim.
• Balochistan authorities suspended mobile internet until August 31 to disrupt insurgent networks ahead of planned border operations.