Pakistan Says It Shot Down Eight Drones Near Border

Pakistani security sources said security forces shot down eight drones near Torkham and Kohat, describing the incident as an incursion from Afghanistan and attributing the drones to the Afghan Taliban. The reported interceptions come amid heightened tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan, but the supplied accounts provide no independent evidence establishing the drones’ origin or who launched them. According to the security sources, four drones were brought down near the Torkham border and four near Kohat. They said air-defence systems intercepted the aircraft. The accounts do not explain what evidence was used to determine the number of drones, their launch points or their intended targets. One report separately mentioned two rudimentary drones brought down about seven kilometres from Kohat, but did not clarify how that account related to the reported total of eight. Pakistani security sources characterized the incident as evidence of Afghan Taliban support for militants. That attribution was not independently verified in the available reporting, and no response from Afghan authorities to the latest drone claim was included.