In brief
On November 9, Pakistani security forces announced that an intelligence‑driven operation in Karam Valley, Mastung district, resulted in the deaths of 27 militants, including a local commander. Weapons and IEDs were recovered from the hideouts, with details corroborated by Xinhua and the Pakistani news aggregator Sixty. All figures come from unnamed security sources, with no independent verification yet released.
Pakistani security forces said on Sunday they killed 27 militants in an intelligence‑driven operation in Mastung district, southwestern Balochistan, when the forces carried out a two‑phase raid in Karam Valley.
According to the statements, 15 militants were neutralised in the first phase of the raid, followed by 12 more in the second phase, and the operation also resulted in the death of a local militant commander and several of his associates.
Security forces recovered a substantial cache of weapons, ammunition and improvised explosive devices from the militant hideouts, officials said.
Xinhua and the Pakistani news aggregator Sixty reported the same figures, both citing unnamed security sources for the raid details.
The figures and details were provided by unnamed security sources; no independent verification has yet been released.
