2025 North Waziristan border clashes
| April 2025 North Waziristan border clashes | |||||||
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| Part of Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Pakistan | Pakistani Taliban (allegedly) | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Asim Munir Asif Ali Zardari Shehbaz Sharif | Noor Wali Mehsud (allegedly) | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
| Unknown | |||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| Undisclosed | Large groups of militants | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 0 | 71 militants killed | ||||||
| Weapons, ammunition, and explosives recovered | |||||||
Between 25 and 28 April 2025, Pakistani Armed Forces engaged a large group of militants attempting infiltration along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border near Hassan Khel, North Waziristan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. In two days of clashes, 54 militants were killed, followed by an operation that killed 17 more, raising the total to 71. Weapons, ammunition, and explosives were recovered. The incident marked one of the deadliest border clashes in recent years.