FATA
KHAR: A man was killed in a roadside IED blast in the Mamond tehsil of the Bajaur tribal region, local administration officials said. Dawn, The News, The Express Tribune
Pakistan
QUETTA: Three suspected militants belonging to Lashkar-e-Jhangvi were killed in a pre-dawn search operation carried out by security forces in the Sariab area. Dawn, The Express Tribune
D. I. KHAN: A senior police official was gunned down in Dera Ismail Khan in Khairabad locality while another policeman was targeted and killed in Madina Colony of DI Khan. Dawn
PESHAWAR: A policeman was killed and seven passers-by sustained injuries when an improvised explosive device (IED) went off in the limits of the Faqirabad police station. Dawn, The News
QUETTA: Following the killing of policemen and Frontier Corps personnelin the Balochistan capital on two consecutive days, Chief Minister Sanaullah Zehri and Commander of Southern Command Lt Gen Aamir Riaz jointly presided over a security meeting and discussed steps to stem the fresh tide of terrorism plaguing the strife-torn province. Dawn
ISLAMABAD: The government decided to engage the Afghan government and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in talks to devise concrete steps to ensure an early and sustained repatriation of Afghan refugees from Pakistan. Dawn
KHUZDAR: A local leader of the National Party (NP) was shot dead by unknown killers in his house in the Gresha Guwani area of Khuzdar district. Dawn
QUETTA: Three suspected militants belonging to a banned outfit were killed in an exchange of fire with security forces in the Mashkey area of Awaran district. The gun battle erupted during a search operation, security officials said. Dawn
KARACHl: The counterterrorism department of police claimed to have detained a gang of six `foreign-funded sectarian hitmen` allegedly planning to assassinate religious leaders and scholars from Landhi. Dawn, The News
KARACHI: The Pakistan Rangers, Sindh, claimed to have killed three suspected militants – two belonging to TTP and one to Lashkar e Jhangvi – in an encounter in Lyari`s Chakiwara area. Dawn
KARACHI: Rangers claimed to have arrested a suspected hitman affiliated with the Muttahida Qaumi Movement during a raid in Malir. Dawn
ISLAMABAD: The capital police along with Pakistan Rangers and other security agencies conducted a search operation in different areas of Koral and arrested 22 suspects including four Afghan nationals. Dawn
KOHAT: The city police and security forces arrested two Afghan nationals and 123 other suspected persons in a joint operation in areas around PAF Base, Kohat. Dawn
LAHORE: Shahdara police registered a case and arrested two out of the four ‘members’ of the MQM for threatening and demanding extortion money from a citizen. The News
Afghanistan
PESHAWAR/KABUL: A senior leader of the Afghan Taliban group identified as Qari Syed Murad was reportedly shot dead by unknown gunmen on Nasir Bagh Road in Peshawar city of Pakistan. Khaama
NANGARHAR: At least 16 loyalists of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group were killed in separate airstrikes in Kot and Achin districts of Nangarhar province. Khaama
WASHINGTON: The United States has designated Al Qaeda in Indian Sub-continent (AQIS) as a terrorist organisation and its leader Asim Umar as a global terrorist for their activities in South Asia. Pajhwok
NANGARHAR: A reliable security source told TOLO news that Hesarak district in Nangarhar is on the verge of falling to the insurgent Taliban. Tolo News
