Pakistani security forces conducted a joint intelligence-based operation on Sunday against militants in the Hassan Khel area, a hilly subdivision on the border between Peshawar and Kohat districts in northwestern Pakistan. The operation, involving the army, Frontier Corps (a federal paramilitary force), police, and the Counter-Terrorism Department, targeted positions of Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan — officially designated by the state as Fitna al Khwarij — with drone surveillance, sniper units, and anti-drone guns deployed during the raid. Officials say several militants were killed or wounded and their hideouts destroyed; the operation follows a series of attacks on law enforcement in the area, including the abduction and killing of two policemen in the same locality just days earlier.