Pakistani security forces say nine militants have been killed in a clearance operation after an attack on the Pakistan Air Force's (PAF) Mianwali Training Air Base was thwarted. "No damage has been done to any of the PAF’s functional operational assets, while only some damage was done to three already phased-out nonoperational aircraft during the attack," the Pakistani military’s media wing, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), said on November 4. The air base was targeted by militants earlier on November 4. A lesser-known militant organization, the Tehrik-e-Jihad Pakistan, has claimed responsibility for the attack.