Pakistan kills 29 militants in border operation with Afghanistan

Pakistani authorities announced that security forces conducted a ground operation based on intelligence along the border with Afghanistan, targeting militant hideouts and resulting in the deaths of 29 individuals. The operation was framed as a response to numerous militant attacks across the country.

Information Minister Attaullah Tarar stated on X that the operation was launched following a day where militants attacked the regional headquarters of the paramilitary Rangers in Karachi. In that earlier incident, three soldiers were killed, and three attackers were neutralized, with one apprehended. The arrested individual was identified as an injured Afghan national.

Jammat ul Ahrar, a splinter faction of the Pakistani Taliban, claimed responsibility for the Karachi attack. Tarar specified that the latest operation along the Afghan border specifically targeted sanctuaries and safe havens used by the Pakistani Taliban, indicating a focused effort to disrupt their operations in the region.