Overview

• Officials said the pre-dawn attack struck an army convoy around 4:00 am in the Badar area of South Waziristan, with militants firing from both sides using heavy weapons.
• At least four people were wounded, and a local security officer reported the assailants seized weapons from the convoy.
• The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility on social media and said its fighters also captured drones, a claim reported by officials but not independently verified.
• Pakistan’s military said 13 militants were killed after an intense exchange of fire following the ambush.
• Violence has intensified since the Afghan Taliban’s 2021 return, with about 460 people killed this year in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan, while Islamabad accuses Kabul of harboring the TTP and Afghan authorities reject the charge.