The strikes were carried out a day after a Karachi attack that killed three paramilitary troops, according to multiple news outlets.

Pakistani security forces carried out an intelligence‑based ground operation along the Pakistan‑Afghanistan border, killing three attackers and arresting another who was identified as an Afghan national in wounded condition (gdelt). The operation was launched in response to multiple militant attacks across the country (gdelt) and the calibrated strikes killed 29 fighters (gdelt).

Pakistan conducted airstrikes in eastern Afghanistan targeting militants (dw). Afghanistan's ruling Taliban government reported the airstrikes killed 36 civilians and wounded 163 (alarabiya), while the Afghan government reported dozens of civilian casualties (guardian). The Taliban condemned the strikes as a "cowardly act of aggression" (dw). The Taliban also said its forces carried out airstrikes targeting ISIS militants in Pakistan's Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces (livemint.com).

Jamaat‑ul‑Ahrar claimed responsibility for the Karachi attack (gdelt).