Overview
- ISPR said security forces carried out an intelligence‑based operation in Dogar, Kurram, reporting six soldiers killed and seven militants eliminated.
- Captain Noman Saleem, a 24‑year‑old medical officer from Mianwali, was among the fallen while providing care and engaging the attackers.
- The other soldiers killed were Havildar Amjad Ali, Naik Waqas Ahmad, Sepoy Aijaz Ali, Sepoy Muhammad Waleed and Sepoy Muhammad Shahbaz, according to the military.
- A sanitisation operation is in progress to remove remaining threats, with officials framing the action under the nationwide Azm‑e‑Istehkam counterterrorism drive.
- Officials described the assailants as members of the group they call Fitna al‑Khawarij with alleged Indian backing and linked the incident to rising cross‑border attacks since 2021, as President Asif Ali Zardari paid tribute to the fallen.