Overview
- Pakistan confirms Feb 21 intelligence-based airstrikes in Nangarhar, Paktika and Khost, saying seven militant centres were destroyed and more than 80—over 100 by one minister—were killed.
- Afghan Taliban authorities condemn the raids as a breach of sovereignty and report strikes on a religious school and homes with women and children among the dead, which Pakistan denies and independent verification remains limited.
- In Karak on Feb 23, a drone hit an FC fort and gunmen then attacked evacuating ambulances, killing three Federal Constabulary personnel and injuring rescuers, police said.
- On Feb 24 in Kohat, suspected militants mounted coordinated ambushes on police vehicles, killing at least five officers including a senior officer, and torching a patrol van, according to officials.
- Separately, security forces reported intelligence-based operations in Dera Ismail Khan and Pishin that killed nine militants and recovered weapons under the Azm-e-Istehkam campaign.