October 8, 2026
Pakistani diplomats told the General Assembly that India supports the Taliban under the guise of humanitarian aid and backs the TTP and BLA through proxies in Afghanistan. India has not responded.
September 17, 2026
Pakistan's UN envoy said the country would respond in self-defence as and when needed, citing more than 4,700 terrorism deaths in three years from groups based in Afghanistan.
August 5, 2026
The fourth US-Pakistan Counterterrorism Dialogue in Washington produced a joint pledge of united action against Daesh, al-Qaida, the Pakistani Taliban and the Balochistan Liberation Army and its affiliates, according to the Foreign Office.
July 24, 2026
Pakistan's security forces have killed a cumulative 129 militants in Balochistan since Operation Shaban began on July 5, as the campaign enters its third week with continued intelligence-based operations across the province. The operation, conducted under the Azm-e-Istehkam national counter-terrorism framework, has targeted cells linked to both the Balochistan Liberation Army and the Pakistani Taliban.
July 23, 2026
Security forces killed 10 militants and arrested two female suicide bombers along with a facilitator in Balochistan during intelligence-based operations in Surab and Mastung over 48 hours ending July 22–23, according to the ISPR. The ISPR linked the female bombers to "Fitna al-Hindustan" — the military's designation for India-sponsored terrorist networks — in what would be the first confirmed female suicide bomber arrests in the Operation Shaban campaign. Seven militants were killed in Surab; three in Mastung. The cumulative Operation Shaban toll is now approaching 165.
July 22, 2026
Security forces killed 21 more militants in three separate operations in Balochistan on July 22 as Operation Shaban entered its 18th day, according to security sources cited by Aaj English TV. The latest kills push the cumulative toll from Operation Shaban and concurrent Balochistan intelligence-based operations to approximately 155 since the campaign launched on July 5. Operations are continuing simultaneously in both northern Balochistan (TTP-aligned elements) and southern Balochistan (BLA networks), with monsoon rains adding logistical complexity to the campaign's third week.
July 21, 2026
Operation Shaban entered its 17th day on July 21 with security forces maintaining operational pressure across two fronts in Balochistan — against TTP cells in the north and BLA networks in the south — as heavy monsoon rains in northeastern Balochistan districts including Khuzdar and Sibi created logistical friction for both ground operations and aerial surveillance. The cumulative toll exceeds 132 since the campaign launched on July 5. A separate Bannu intelligence-based operation in KP has killed 24 additional militants this week.
July 20, 2026
Operation Shaban entered its sixteenth day on July 20 with security forces maintaining operational pressure across both the northern TTP front around Ziarat and the southern BLA front around Lasbela and Khuzdar. The cumulative toll from the operation and concurrent intelligence-based operations has exceeded 132 since the campaign began on July 5. No major operational shift has been announced, and the ISPR has maintained its position that operations will continue until the last militant is eliminated.
July 19, 2026
Operation Shaban, launched July 5 in response to coordinated attacks that killed 42 people across Balochistan, enters its fifteenth day with more than 132 militants killed in the operation and concurrent intelligence-based operations. Reporting by The Diplomat and Quwa identifies the campaign's most structurally significant feature: it is running simultaneously against Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan cells in the north and Balochistan Liberation Army networks in the south — a dual-front structure unprecedented in recent Balochistan counterterrorism history, with significant implications for exit conditions and longer-term provincial stabilisation.
July 18, 2026
Security forces killed three more militants in Operation Shaban on July 17, raising the combined toll from the operation and concurrent intelligence-based operations in Balochistan to 132 since the campaign began on July 5. Operations are running on two fronts — against TTP cells in the north around Ziarat and BLA networks in the south around Lasbela and Khuzdar. The Diplomat reported the dual-front nature makes Shaban qualitatively different from previous Balochistan operations.
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