Overview
- A video released by the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan features commander Ahmad Kazim taunting Army chief Asim Munir with a direct challenge to confront the group personally.
- Pakistan’s Interior Ministry confirms a PKR 10 crore reward for information leading to Kazim’s capture over attacks in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan.
- The clip includes scenes from the October 8 Kurram assault and shows a quadcopter drone, rifles, and Toyota Hilux vehicles the TTP says were taken from security forces.
- Casualty figures from the Kurram raid remain contested, with the TTP claiming at least 22–25 soldiers killed and the Pakistan Army confirming 11 fatalities.
- Pakistan’s military media wing says forces repelled assaults and blames militant sanctuaries near the frontier, following a brief 48-hour ceasefire earlier in October.