Overview

• Reports from locals and several outlets say Pakistan Air Force JF-17s dropped at least eight China-made LS-6 glide bombs on Matre Dara in the Tirah Valley around 2 a.m.
• The army denies carrying out an airstrike, and police quoted by the Associated Press attribute the destruction to bomb-making material stored by TTP militants that detonated inside a compound.
• Death tolls vary across sources, with roughly 24 to 30 people reported dead, including women and children, and police estimating about 14 militants and 10 civilians among the victims.
• The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan called for an immediate, impartial investigation as tribal elders organized protests and a sit-in, with the Akakhel tribe vowing to place some victims’ bodies outside the Corps Commander’s House.
• The incident follows intensified counter-terror operations in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, including an IBO that killed seven militants in Dera Ismail Khan and earlier engagements that reportedly left 31 militants dead this month.