FATA
LANDI KOTAL: Mehsud Scouts commandant Colonel Mohammad Ayub Sabir Sakhera said life in Bara tehsil of Khyber Agency was fast returning to normal after the restoration of peace by the successful military operations. Dawn, The News
Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: The fifth meeting of the Quadrilateral Coordination Group (QCG) of Afghanistan, Pakistan, the United States and China ended without any agreement on a future strategy for bringing the insurgents to the negotiating table and without any agreed date or venue for the next meeting of the group. Dawn, The Frontier Post
GWADAR: The bullet-riddled body of a man belonging to Thatta was found in Mand Bullo, a small town bordering Iran in Kech district. Dawn
QUETTA: Chief Minister Nawab Sanaullah Zehri has said that the so-called `freedom fight` (of Balochsitan) has misguided youth and hindered development process in the province, and warned that foreign forces (supporting the insurgency) will not be allowed to implement their `nefarious designs on our land`. Dawn
DERA MURAD JAMALI: Three labourers were kidnapped from Goth Hassan Bhangar in Nasirabad district. A fourth one was injured when the kidnappers opened fire at the workers who were busy carrying out construction work at a government-run school for girls in the area. Dawn
PESHAWAR: Unknown motorcyclists gunned down a lawyer, Kundal Khan belonging to Safed Dheri village, in the limits of the University Town police station in Peshawar. Dawn
LAHORE: The Counter Terrorism Department claimed to have killed eight members of the outlawed Al Qaeda in an `encounter` in Multan`s Nawabpur area. Dawn
RAWALPINDI: A union council vice-chairman reported to the police that he had received threatening phone call from the Taliban who demanded Rs5 million from him. Dawn
LAHORE: Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah’s statement about Punjab government’s “inaction” against some banned outfits has drawn ire of one of the groups the minister mentioned in his interview to a foreign channel. Dawn
GUJRANWALA (INP): Crackdown against criminal elements continued across Punjab as four terrorists were killed in Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) operation in Aimanabad area near Gujranwala. The Frontier Post
DI KHAN: A local leader of the JUI-F Haji Alam Shah was gunned down at his residence by unknown assailants in Tehsil Paroda in Dera Ismail Khan. The Frontier Post
ISLAMABAD: Paying rich tributes to the martyrs who laid down their lives for the defence of the motherland, Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif said the armed forces were the guarantors of the country’s security and would succeed in their war against terrorism. The News
LAHORE: A senior doctor of Mayo Hospital received bullet injuries when some unidentified men opened fire at him in the hospital’s parking. The News
SHABQADAR: At least 346 personnel of the Frontier Constabulary (FC) have lost their lives while 498 others have been wounded in militancy-related incidents. The Express Tribune
Afghanistan
HERAT: The Afghan intelligence operatives busted one of the most dangerous kidnapping gangs in western Herat province of Afghanistan. The gang consisted of 16 kidnappers and was led by Ghulam Farooq who is also famous as Abdul Ghafar. Khaama
BAGHLAN: A Chechen militant identified as Omar Chechen was killed along with five others during the clashes in Bghlan-e-Markazi district of northern Baghlan provinc of Afghanistan. Khaama , Afghanistan News
KABUL: The United States has welcomed political negotiations between the Afghan government and Hezb-e-Islami party led by Gulbuddin Hekmatyar. Khaama
KABUL: The Afghan government has signed the draft peace agreement with Hezb-e-Islami group led by Gulbuddin Hekmatyar. The group has agreed to have no links with the anti-government armed militant groups, insisting that Hekmatyar’s only demand is to remove his name from the international blacklist. Khaama , Afghanistan News
KUNAR: Two top commanders Hamza and Akbar of the anti-government armed militants and at least 17 others were killed in an airstrike by the Afghan Air Force (AAF) in Ghaziabad district of eastern Kunar province. Khaama
KABUL: The Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) thwarted a twin suicide attack plot in capital Kabul by arresting one of the would-be suicide bombers. Khaama
NANGARHAR: At least 27 militants were killed and 11 others were wounded as a bloody clash erupted among the Taliban fighters and ISIS in Achin and Khogyani district of Nangarhar. 15 ISIS loyalists and three Taliban militants were killed in Achin district and the remaining were killed in Khogyani. Khaama
HELMAND: At least three Taliban militants assigned by the group to kill local government officials and tribal elders as well as religious clerics were arrested from Nad-e-Ali district of southern Helmand province. The three militants were arrested were assigned by Taliban group leader Mullah Nemat to carry out the assassination of the officials. Khaama , Tolo News
GHAZNI/HERAT: A commander of the Taliban group Hafiz Saadullah was among ten militants killed after blown up by own explosives in southeastern Ghazni and western Herat provinces. The militants were killed in three separate incidents in Ab Band and Khogyani districts of Gahzni and Shindand district of Herat. Khaama , Afghanistan News
ZABUL: A policeman has killed eight of his comrades in the latest insider attack in southern Zabul province of Afghanistan. The incident took place in a police check post located on Kabul-Kandahar highway. Khaama , Pajhwok , Tolo News
GHAZNI: Nine Taliban , including a shadow district chief, have been killed in two separate drone strikes in southern Ghazni. Pajhwok
NANGARHAR: Twenty-seven militants have been killed and nearly a dozen others wounded as a result of infighting and clashes with security forces in eastern Nangarhar province. Pajhwok
BAGHLAN: The governor said about 78 security officials, including local police and uprising members, were rescued after being besieged by Taliban militants who captured Surkh Kotal locality of northern Baghlan province. Pajhwok
FARYAB: A representative of people with disabilities and martyrs was shot dead after being kidnapped by Taliban in the Sherin Tagab district of northwestern Faryab province. Pajhwok
FARYAB: At least 15 civilians, including two children, were injured in a bomb attack on a police vehicle in northwestern Faryab. Pajhwok
