In Pakistan, security forces have killed nine terrorists in an operation in the Bajaur district of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. The security forces also recovered a large cache of weapons, ammunition, and explosives from the terrorists.

According to Inter-Services Public Relations, two suicide bombers and a high-value target terrorist ringleader were among those killed. Sanitisation operations were underway to eliminate any further militants in the area, it added.