PESHAWAR: A US drone strike in eastern Afghanistan has killed 13 militants linked to the Pakistani Taliban. The News, Dawn, The Frontier Post
BARA: Fifteen militants were killed and several others sustained injuries in air strikes by the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) fighter aircraft in various areas of Tirah Valley of Khyber Agency. The News, The Frontier Post
PESHAWAR: The National Accountability Bureau, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, arrested an assistant director of Fata Disaster Management Authority (FDMA) and two managers of private banks on charges of embezzling compensation funds to the tune of Rs60 million meant for affected persons of terrorism in Mohmand Agency. The News, Dawn, The Frontier Post
ISLAMABAD: The Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) issued a Press Release No. PR5/2015-ISPR that stated: “In a bid to coordinate the security and to implement the recently approved National Action Plan (NAP), Provincial Apex Committees have been formed in all provinces which will constitute both military and political leadership.” The News
WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama announced to maintain the current level of troops “around 10,000” through 2015, as he acceded to his Afghan counterpart’s request to slow down the drawdown of American troops as a measure to ease security transition in his country. The News, The Frontier Post
PESHAWAR: Inspector General of Police (IGP) Nasir Khan Durrani has suspended five sub-inspectors in Buner district for defective and faulty investigation and ordered departmental enquiry against them. The News, The Frontier Post
LANDIKOTAL: The family of Wilson Wazir, who was decorated with Sitara-e-Imtiaz, for working for the rights of the minorities in Fata, celebrated the achievement with enthusiasm. The News
PESHAWAR: Eight more missing persons, shifted to various internment centers located in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and tribal areas, have been declared hardcore militants. The News, The Express Tribune
WANA: Another convoy comprising 323 families of the internally displaced persons (IDPs), escorted by the security forces, returned South Waziristan Agency. The News, The Express Tribune
BARA: Five houses of the militants were destroyed by the security forces in Bara tehsil in Khyber Agency. The News
KABUL: Gunmen killed 13 passengers travelling on a bus in Afghanistan, underlining the country´s fragile security situation as President Ashraf Ghani holds talks with the United States in Washington. The News, The Express Tribune
ISLAMABAD: Authorities in Pakistan have frozen a number of accounts used to funnel Rs 10.2 billion in cash to terror suspects, according to officials overseeing the National Action Plan (NAP) The Express Tribune
ISLAMABAD: The interior ministry has sent 50-plus cases of hardcore terrorists for prosecution in nine military courts set up across the country under the National Action Plan against terrorism, the government’s security czar revealed. The Express Tribune
BANNU: If 90% of North Waziristan Agency has been cleared of terrorists, questioned All Parties Alliance Chairman Hafiz Farhad Ali, then why are the displaced people not being repatriated at the same time. This was stated at a press conference in Bannu. The Express Tribune
KHAR: The Fata Secretariat on Tuesday began providing compensation to the people whose houses have been in use by the security forces for last several years. Dawn
MANSEHRA: An official of an intelligence agency was shot dead by an unidentiñed attacker in Oghi tehsil here. Dawn
PESHAWAR: Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) of Khyber Agency has demanded of rehabilitation Basic Health Units (BHUs) hospitals, schools, colleges and buildings before repatriation. The Frontier Post