Overview
- Security forces carried out back-to-back intelligence-based operations under Operation Radd-ul-Fitna-3 that security sources say left 19 militants dead across Balochistan over three days.
- In a Kharan IBO reported on Sunday, troops killed seven militants, destroyed hideouts and seized modern weapons, ammunition, two vehicles and a motorcycle.
- In a Killi Zaik operation reported on Monday, forces killed two militants, including Mushtaq Ahmed alias Koh Yar, and recovered ammunition, hand grenades and IED-making material.
- Pakistan Rangers and the Counter Terrorism Department arrested Shahzad alias Dunger in Karachi and say he ran a fundraising cell that sent money and materiel to TTP commanders in border areas.
- Officials and state media frame the operations as targeting groups the government calls Fitna al-Hindustan and Fitna al-Khawarij, and they warn the campaign will press on to limit militant movement and prevent further attacks.