Pakistan's military announced on Thursday that 13 militants were killed while attempting to cross the Afghanistan–Pakistan border in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (a northwestern province bordering Afghanistan), in two separate incidents overnight. The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said eight fighters were neutralised in the Mohmand district and five in North Waziristan, describing them as members of the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan, which Islamabad labels 'Fitna al Khawarij' and accuses of being Indian-sponsored. The announcement renews Pakistan's public pressure on the Afghan Taliban government to prevent militant groups from using Afghan territory as a launchpad for attacks, a demand Islamabad says has repeatedly gone unheeded since the Taliban's return to power in 2021.