India, June 29 -- Pakistani security forces launched a sweeping twin-pronged military operation along the Afghanistan border on Sunday, killing 29 militants in a combination of ground assault and precision air strikes, a direct and thunderous response to a brazen attack on a paramilitary headquarters in Karachi just 24 hours earlier that left three soldiers dead.

Pakistani security forces carried out an "intelligence-based" ground operation along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, followed by "calibrated strikes" against militant hideouts and safe havens, killing 29 fighters, officials said. Information Minister Attaullah Tarar, announcing the operation on X, said it was launched in response to multiple militant attacks across the country....