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June 29, 2026 – 7:56 PM It has been a tense, heavy Monday. The air in Karachi feels thick, not just from the June heat, but from the aftermath of what happened over the weekend. Just two nights ago, a base in Gulistan-e-Jauhar was turned into a warzone. Armed militants rammed explosives into the Pakistan Rangers regional headquarters. By the time the smoke cleared, 9 people were dead: 3 Pakistani paramilitary soldiers and 6 attackers. One wounded militant was caught alive—an Afghan national from Jalalabad. Today, the ripples of that attack tore through the region. Pakistan didn't wait. Overnight, military jets and ground forces launched massive retaliatory strikes along the Afghan border. Now, the news is a messy, painful clash of numbers. Islamabad claims they wiped out 29 militants, including a top commander. But across the border, Kabul is reporting a tragedy: 36 civilians dead, most of them local villagers hit by a secondary strike while they were trying to dig survivors out of the rubble. Inside Karachi's city limits, the streets are quiet today. No new casualties, no new blasts. But the city is on high alert. Commandos are everywhere, security is tight at the universities, and everyone is just waiting to see what happens next.