Pakistan's Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) killed five suspected militants on Tuesday during a raid in Mankor, a remote area in Attock district's Jand tehsil (a rural region in Punjab province near the Afghan border corridor). The operation was launched following intelligence reports about individuals allegedly planning terrorist attacks in Punjab; the suspects opened fire on arriving security personnel and were killed in the ensuing exchange. Weapons, explosives, and hand grenades were recovered from the site, and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif praised the CTD for the operation, which he said targeted members of Fitna al Khawarij — the government's designation for the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan militant group.