India, June 29 -- Pakistani security forces on Sunday launched an intelligence-based ground operation near the country's border with Afghanistan, followed by calibrated strikes on terrorist hideouts and safe havens, killing 29 militants, according to media reports.

Pakistan's Information Minister Attaullah Tarar said the targeted hideouts belonged to the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).

The operation came a day after at least four people, including three personnel of the Sindh Rangers, were killed and three others injured in a suspected suicide attack targeting the Sindh Rangers headquarters in Karachi on Saturday.

The attack triggered multiple explosions and a heavy exchange of gunfire, prompting a large-scale security operati...