Pakistan security forces killed 23 militants in two targeted operations near the Afghan frontier, the army said on Thursday, a week after a suicide bombing killed 12 people in Islamabad.
The militants belonged to the Pakistani Taliban or its affiliated groups, the military said in a statement, accusing archfoe India of backing them.
The raids took place in the Kurram district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, a flashpoint for cross-border militancy that has worsened since the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan in 2021.