Pakistan army kills 23 militants in border region

A Pakistani military troop guarding outside the damaged entrance after an attack on the Cadet College Wana, a military-linked school, in the South Waziristan district near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, on Nov 13, 2025. - AFP

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan security forces killed 23 militants in two targeted operations near the Afghan frontier, the army said Thursday (Nov 20), 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.