Pakistani security forces carried out ground and air operations along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, targeting militant hideouts and safe havens, and killed at least 29 militants, according to Pakistani authorities. Four fighters linked to Jamaat-ul-Ahrar were killed in ground attacks by Pakistani forces, according to Almonitor. Pakistan said its operations were launched in response to militant attacks inside Pakistan, according to The Hindu.

Afghan officials reported that at least 36 civilians were killed in the Pakistani operations, according to Al Jazeera. The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan reported at least 28 civilians killed and 49 injured in Pakistani airstrikes. Daily Sabah reported that at least 26 people were killed in the airstrikes along the border. The discrepancy between the civilian death tolls reported by Afghan officials and the UN, as well as the difference between Daily Sabah’s total of 26 killed and Pakistan’s claim of 29 militants killed, remain unresolvable due to conflicting accounts.