The troops gunned down 12 militants belonging to the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) throughout the conduct of the operation in Kurram district within the restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the Army stated in a press release.
The operations carried out on the reported presence of militants within the Kurram district have been an growth of operations began on Wednesday (November 19, 2025).
Based on the intel, one other operation was carried out in the identical space, neutralising 11 different TTP militants.
“Capitalising on intelligence with respect to the presence of one other group of Khwarij in the identical normal space in one other intelligence-based operation, the troops efficiently neutralised eleven extra Khwarij,” the assertion added.
The Pakistan authorities final yr notified the banned TTP as “Fitna al-Khawarij,” a reference to a bunch in earlier Islamic historical past which was concerned in violence.
In a separate incident, a person and his four-year-old son have been killed when a mortar shell landed close to their home in Tirah Valley, bordering Afghanistan, on Wednesday, police stated on Thursday (November 20, 2025).
Meanwhile, in South Waziristan, safety forces recovered 16 improvised explosive gadgets (IEDs) throughout an intelligence-based operation (IBO) within the Birmal tehsil on Wednesday (November 20, 2025).
Officials stated the explosives have been seemingly meant for assaults in opposition to civilians.
In Lakki Marwat, TTP commander Wali, alias Woloo Kakakhel, was captured alive by unidentified males on Thursday (November 20, 2025).
Published – November 20, 2025 06:12 pm IST
