FATA
LANDI KOTAL: Crossborder firing erupted at Torkham as Islamabad blamed Kabul for an escalation in tensions following an attack on Pakistani troops a day earlier that left an army major dead. Dawn, The News
Pakistan
QUETTA: Five suspected militants, four of them belonging to two banned militant organisations and one to the Afghan intelligence agency NDS, were killed in a shootout with security forces in Quetta`s Chashma Achozai area. Dawn, The News
MINGORA: Three suspected terrorists were killed in a joint operation of security forces and police in the Totano Bandai area of Kabal tehsil. Dawn, The News
LARKANA: Two persons were gunned down and seven others sustained bullet wounds in an attack and ensuing gun battle involving Mahar and Abro tribesmen near Malahi Shaikh village on the outskirts of the city. Dawn
LAKKI MARWAT: Unidentified persons attacked the house of district councilor Haji Gul Badshah in Naurang with a hand grenade but no casualties were caused. Dawn
MINGORA: The Counter-Terrorism Department arrested two facilitators of terrorists in Shangla district. The News
PESHAWAR: The Counter-Terrorism Department thwarted a major terror bid and recovered two suicide jackets and explosives from an alleged terrorist in Shabqadar. The News
Afghanistan
LOGAR: A key Haqqani Network terrorist Sardar has been arrested during an operation by the Afghan intelligence operatives in Mohammad Agha district in central Logar province of Afghanistan. Khaama
JAWZJAN: The hideouts of the Taliban militants were targeted during the operations led by Vice President General Abdul Rashid Dostum in Al-Moghul and Bainaghoor areas of northern Jawzjan province, leaving at least 15 dead and seven others wounded. Khaama
NANGARHAR: A heavy clash is underway between the Afghan and Pakistani forces in Torkham as the deadlock over the establishment of a gate by Pakistani forces has entered into the third day. Khaama
LAGHMAN: One woman was killed and seven others people wounded by a mortar shell fired by the Taliban that struck a filed in Mehtarlam Baba, the capital of eastern Laghman province. Pajhwok
FARYAB: Three member of a family have been killed by a Taliban -linked relative in the Khwaja Sabzposh district of north western Faryab province. Pajhwok
HELMAND: Twenty-eight Taliban , including five notorious commanders, has been killed and 16 others wounded in an airstrike in southern Helmand province. Pajhwok
NIMROZ: Nine Afghan army soldiers were killed and five others wounded during a Taliban attack on their post in southwestern Nimroz province. Pajhwok
NANGARHAR: At least 15 loyalists of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group were killed in an airstrike launched by the Afghan Air Force in Achin district of eastern Nangarhar province. Khaama
NANGARHAR: Twenty-one Islamic State (IS) or Daesh militants, including Pakistanis, have been killed in US drone strikes in the Achine district of eastern Nangarhar province. Pajhwok , Khaama
NANGARHAR: Dozens of families have moved to safer places from Torkham border town fearing more clashes between Afghan and Pakistani security forces as situation along the border crossing remained tense following deadly border skirmishes. Pajhwok
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistani Foreign Affairs Adviser Sartaj Aziz has said the Haqqani Network was not a simple issue and could have caused a blowback. The US congress refused to to approve funding for the deal days after the US lawmakers had accused Pakistan of not doing enough to fight militant. Khaama
KABUL: President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani chaired the National Security Council (NSC) meeting amid persistent tense situation in Torkham and security situation of the country. Khaama
NANGARHAR: One Afghan border policemen was killed and three others were wounded in a fresh clash at Torkham gate. Tolo News , Pajhwok
KABUL: The leader of the notorious Haqqani terrorist network and deputy chief of the Taliban group Sirajuddin Haqqani has said Taliban is open to talks only if such negotiations are in line with Sharia. Khaama
LOGAR: Officials in central Logar province on Wednesday blamed the Taliban for shooting Haji Naeem, head of the development council for Charkh district. Pajhwok
NANGARHAR: As sporadic gunfire was traded across the Torkham border, Pakistan said it had moved more troops and weapons to their tense border. Pajhwok
