According to intelligence sources, several members of his Shura Council were also eliminated in the operation, while Hafiz Gul Bahadur was secretly buried the same night.

Security sources confirmed that Pakistan conducted precision strikes against Kharji (TTP) camps linked to the Hafiz Gul Bahadur Group in the border regions of North and South Waziristan, across the Afghan frontier. The operation came after Kharji militants attempted multiple cross-border terrorist attacks inside Pakistan.

Based on confirmed intelligence, 60–70 militants, including key commanders of the Gul Bahadur Group, were neutralized during the strikes. Officials described the operation as a “decisive and intelligence-driven action” aimed at dismantling the leadership responsible for orchestrating terror activities from Afghan soil.

Hafiz Gul Bahadur, a tribal leader from North Waziristan, had long-standing ties with the Afghan Taliban and the Haqqani Network. Initially regarded as a “good Taliban” for his 2006 peace agreement with Pakistan, Bahadur later turned hostile after the fall of Kabul in 2021, directing his faction’s attacks against Pakistani security forces.

His group, the Hafiz Gul Bahadur Group (HGB), was involved in several deadly assaults in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, using Afghan territory as a base for operations. Bahadur, once deputy chief of the TTP, had resisted Pakistani military actions since 2005 and played a major role in fueling militancy in the tribal belt.

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Officials hailed the strike as a strategic success, marking a significant step in Pakistan’s ongoing campaign to eliminate cross-border terrorism and restore peace in the region.