Pakistan Repels Taliban-TTP Assault on Ghulam Khan Border Post; 37 Attackers Killed

Afghan Taliban and Fitna al-Khawarij (TTP) fighters launched a coordinated assault against a Pakistani security forces post in the Ghulam Khan Sector of North Waziristan. Pakistani security forces repelled the attack, killing 37 attackers and wounding over 80 more. No Pakistani casualties were reported in official statements. The Ghulam Khan Sector lies along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border in North Waziristan, a historically contested area that serves as a key infiltration corridor for TTP fighters moving between the two countries. The attack represented a significant escalation in Taliban ground operations in response to Pakistan's sustained aerial and artillery bombardment, suggesting the conflict was evolving from Pakistani air dominance to include more direct Taliban ground assaults on Pakistani border infrastructure.