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Security forces killed 23 Taliban militants successful 2 abstracted engagements successful northwest Pakistan, bordering Afghanistan, the Army said connected Thursday (November 20, 2025).
The troops gunned down 12 militants belonging to the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) during the behaviour of the cognition successful Kurram territory successful the restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the Army said successful a statement.
The operations conducted connected the reported beingness of militants successful the Kurram territory were an enlargement of operations started connected Wednesday (November 19, 2025).
Based connected the intel, different cognition was conducted successful the aforesaid area, neutralising 11 different TTP militants.
“Capitalising connected quality with respect to the beingness of different radical of Khwarij successful the aforesaid wide country successful different intelligence-based operation, the troops successfully neutralised eleven much Khwarij,” the connection added.
The Pakistan authorities past twelvemonth notified the banned TTP arsenic “Fitna al-Khawarij,” a notation to a radical successful earlier Islamic past which was progressive successful violence.
In a abstracted incident, a antheral and his four-year-old lad were killed erstwhile a mortar ammunition landed adjacent their location successful Tirah Valley, bordering Afghanistan, connected Wednesday, constabulary said connected Thursday (November 20, 2025).
Meanwhile, successful South Waziristan, information forces recovered 16 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) during an intelligence-based cognition (IBO) successful the Birmal tehsil connected Wednesday (November 20, 2025).
Officials said the explosives were apt intended for attacks against civilians.
In Lakki Marwat, TTP commandant Wali, alias Woloo Kakakhel, was captured live by unidentified men connected Thursday (November 20, 2025).
