ORAKZAI (KP): Nineteen militants were killed by security forces during an IBO carried out near Afghan border here on Wednesday (8th Oct, 2025).
Before resorting to firing militants ambushed a military convoy with a roadside bomb before opening fire. According to details the skirmish with militants also claimed lives of eleven Pakistan Army soldiers (identified as 39-year-old Lt Col Junaid Tariq, 33-year-old Major Tayyab Rahat…
38-year-old Naib Subedar Azam Gul, 35-year-old Naik Adil Hussain, 34-year-old Naik Gul Ameer, 31-year-old Lance Naik Sher Khan, 32-year-old Lance Naik Talish Faraz, 32-year-old Lance Naik Irshad Hussain, 28-year-old Sepoy Tufail Khan, 23-year-old Sepoy Aqib Ali and 24-year-old Sepoy Muhammad Zahid.)
Militants have regularly been attacking Pakistani soldiers in KP who have also been retaliating. For instance, on 5th October unidentified militants opened fire at security personnel near Ayub fuel station on Miranshah Road in Bannu, killing one and injuring another who was taken to District Headquarters Hospital. Seventeen militants had been neutralised by security forces during an IBO carried out in Lakki Marwat on 27th September.
On 24th September, security forces neutralized 13 militants during an IBO carried out in Daraban area of Dera Ghazi Khan. Slain militants (according to ISPR) were involved in: “facilitation [of] a suicide bombing attack in Daraban in December 2023, [the] abduction and target killing of government officials and innocent civilians”. Weapons and ammunition were recovered from the killed militants.
Taking to the X, Human Rights Commission of Pakistan here stated on 22nd Sept: “The HRCP is deeply shocked to learn that a number of civilians, including children, have been killed, allegedly as a result of aerial bombing in Tirah, Khyber district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.”
HRCP, while demanding an impartial inquiry, noted: “The state is constitutionally bound to protect all civilians’ right to life, which it has repeatedly failed to secure.” However, security Personnel said no aerial bombing was carried out. Instead, explosives hidden in a house by militants detonated last night, causing heavy militant casualties.
Some nearby houses were also damaged, and there are unconfirmed reports of women and children among the casualties. Speaker KP Assembly Babar Swati taking to the X demanded “transparent and immediate investigation into the incident, identify those responsible, and not only provide immediate relief and compensation to the affected families but also take comprehensive measures for their rehabilitation”.
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