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NOTAM TIME: 7-10 JULY

🇮🇳⚡ General Dhiraj Seth officially begins his tenure as the new Chief of the Indian Army.

🇵🇰😂 Pakistan's Indus River Commissioner says he has written to his Indian counterpart four times over fluctuations in the Chenab River—but hasn't received a single reply so far.

🇵🇰⚠️ BREAKING: Core Committee member of the Jammu Kashmir Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC), Shaukat Nawaz, has been arrested by authorities in PoJK amid the ongoing unrest.

🇵🇰⚠️ BREAKING: Core Committee member of the Jammu Kashmir Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC), Shaukat Nawaz, has been arrested by authorities in Pakistan-administered Kashmir amid the ongoing unrest.

🇵🇰⚡ Baloch freedom fighters reportedly set fire to three bowser trucks and one container on the Quetta–Taftan (RCD) Highway near Ahmadwal, Nushki, occupied Balochistan. Local reports claim 17 vehicles have reportedly been targeted along the route over the past two weeks. Pakistani authorities have not issued an official statement.

🇦🇫⚡🇵🇰 Breaking: Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan forces have reportedly launched attacks on multiple Pakistani border posts. Initial reports indicate that exchanges of fire are ongoing between Afghan and Pakistani forces along the Kurram and Ghulam Khan border sectors. Developing story.

🇺🇸🇮🇳 "I was with an Indian minister in New Delhi. He told me, 'Whatever you hear in the news, India and America will still be friends 50 years from now,'" says U.S. Ambassador Gor.

🌐 UNAMA (United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan) has confirmed that at least 28 civilians were killed and 49 others were injured in airstrikes carried out in Paktia, Paktika, and Kunar provinces on the evening of 28 June. The civilian casualty toll comes amid rapidly escalating tensions between Afghanistan and Pakistan.

🇦🇫⚡🇵🇰 BREAKING: The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan has officially threatened Pakistan with a possible ground response. Following Pakistan's airstrikes on Paktia, Paktika, and Kunar provinces, Islamic Emirate spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid warned that if an aerial response is not possible, "revenge will be taken by ground means."

🚨 BREAKING: Dozens of armed militants have launched a large-scale assault on an FC post in Chitral, Pakistan. Much information awaited...

🇵🇰⚡🇦🇫 Last Night: Pakistan's military targeted civilian homes, killing innocent women and children.

PM Modi awarded Seychelles' highest honour 'Guardian of the Blue Horizon', Seychelles' highest environmental honour, for leadership in conservation and sustainable development.

Indian Army contingent, 32 personnel from Assam Regiment led by Captain Aryan H. Deolekar, participates in Seychelles' national day today.

🚨 BREAKING: Several explosions and heavy gunfire have been reported on University Road near Chowrangi in Karachi, Pakistan. Heavy police and law enforcement units have reportedly rushed to the area as the situation continues to unfold. More details awaited.

🇮🇳⚠️ Fresh setback for India's Tejas Mk1A programme as the sixth GE F404 engine supplied from the U.S. reportedly develops a technical snag, raising fresh concerns over delivery timelines and the fighter jet induction schedule.

🇮🇳⚡️ BIG: The Indian Air Force has sought a minimum 40% indigenous content in the initial production of 96 India-built Rafale fighters, with localisation set to reach 60% in the final phase of production, according to a report.

🇮🇳 India has dispatched two IAF C-17 Globemaster aircraft carrying a field hospital, medical supplies, and BHISHM Cubes to earthquake-hit Venezuela as part of its humanitarian relief mission.