Overview

• Eyewitnesses and multiple outlets reported that Pakistan Air Force JF-17 jets dropped LS-6 bombs on Matre Dara around 2 a.m., with claims of up to 30 people killed, mostly civilians.
• The Pakistan Army denied conducting airstrikes and said a large cache of explosives hidden by militants detonated inside a house, causing civilian casualties and nearby home collapses.
• Local police officer Zafar Khan told the Associated Press that at least 14 militants and at least 10 civilians died in the Tirah Valley blast, naming TTP commanders Aman Gul and Masood Khan as operating from the site.
• Tribal leaders in Tirah convened a jirga and began protests, including a sit-in at Khyber Chowk, with plans to place bodies outside the Corps Commander’s House to demand accountability.
• Separately, the military said an intelligence-based raid in Kulachi, Dera Ismail Khan, killed seven militants on September 20, including three Afghan nationals and two suicide bombers, and recovered arms and explosives.