Pakistani security forces kill 9 militants in a raid near the Afghan border

Pakistani Military on Monday, April 7, 2025, disclosed that its security forces raided a militant hideout in the restive northwest near the Afghan border.

It further disclosed that the raid resulted to the killing of nine militants.

This operation, according to a local online media agency, is part of Pakistan’s ongoing efforts to combat militant groups operating in the tribal regions along the border.

These regions have been historically volatile due to the presence of various militant organizations and cross-border insurgency activities.

The raid likely targeted specific militant groups involved in attacks on Pakistani security forces or civilians.

The area near the Afghan border has seen increasing tensions in recent years, with cross-border militant movements and insurgencies contributing to instability.

The military said in a statement that a high-value militant Shireen was among those insurgents killed in Dera Ismail Khan.

Dera Ismail Khan is a city in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.

All the militants who were killed were the “Khwarij,” a phrase the government uses for Pakistani Taliban.

Also, Shireen was behind last month’s killing of an army Capt. Hasnain Akhtar in a shootout in the region, the military said.

The Pakistani Taliban are known as Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, or TTP.

The group is an ally of the Taliban in Afghanistan and has been emboldened since the Afghan Taliban seized power there in 2021.

Pakistan has witnessed a surge in militant attacks, most claimed by TTP.

Though Pakistan often conducts operations against the militants.

The latest raid in Dera Ismail Khan came a day after troops killed eight militants.

Those militants were killed in the northwestern North Waziristan district as they tried to cross the border with Afghanistan.

Such operations are common in the context of the ongoing conflict in the region.

On this premise, Pakistan is reportedly working to secure its borders and weaken the insurgent networks operating from both sides of the border.

However, local media sources say that these operations sometimes lead to heightened security concerns and retaliatory violence.

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