October 23, 2026
DSP Imran Ud Din Khan and three colleagues died when militants opened fire during a search operation. Two attackers were killed. The CTD has booked the TTP over a separate mass abduction.
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 24, 2026
Attaullah Tarar says Pakistan hit 10 locations in Afghanistan used to launch and store drones, after eight entered Pakistani airspace on Wednesday. Kabul denies sending them and has promised a response. This is the second strike package in four days.
September 22, 2026
Pakistan says calibrated air strikes destroyed three targets near the Afghan border, including a suicide bomber training facility, killing 28. With nine killed in ground operations in Kohat and Hangu, the announced total is 37.
September 22, 2026
On 16 September Pakistan told the Security Council it would respond in self-defence as and when needed. On 18 September fifteen policemen were killed in Kohat. By the 21st, aircraft were over the border area. A column on a doctrine executed within five days.
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.
September 3, 2026
Security forces killed 15 militants attempting to cross from Afghanistan into North Waziristan in an engagement lasting 36 hours, the military's media wing says, describing them as belonging to "India-sponsored Fitna-al-Khawarij".
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 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.
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