The official statement was issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) on Sunday. The fresh clashes erupted amid peace talks between Islamabad and Kabul in Turkiye.
The Pakistan Army reported fresh cross-border clashes near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in which five soldiers and 25 militants were killed during intense fighting in Kurram and North Waziristan districts. The official statement was issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) on Sunday. The fresh clashes erupted amid peace talks between Islamabad and Kabul in Turkiye.
According to the official statement issued by ISPR, two large groups of armed militants, referred to as Khwarij, attempted to infiltrate from Afghanistan into Pakistan’s border areas on the night of October 24-25. The infiltrators were spotted in the Ghaki area of Kurram District and Spinwam area of North Waziristan.
On 24-25 October 2025, movements of two large groups of khwarij, opposite general area Ghaki, Kurram District and Spinwam, North Waziristan District who were trying to infiltrate through Pakistan-Afghanistan border, were picked up by the security forces.
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— DG ISPR (@OfficialDGISPR) October 26, 2025
Security forces engaged the militants in heavy gunfire, resulting in the deaths of 15 insurgents, including four suicide bombers, in North Waziristan and another 10 militants in Kurram. The Pakistan Army also recovered a large cache of weapons, ammunition and explosives from the site.
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