A minimum of 12 Pakistani soldiers were eliminated and 4 hurt when militants assailed a military convoy in South Waziristan early Saturday, the army stated. The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) declared duty for the attack
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A minimum of 12 Pakistani soldiers were eliminated when militants assailed a military convoy in northwestern Pakistan early Saturday, the army stated.
The convoy was assaulted in South Waziristan district around 4:00 am, when “armed guys opened fire from both sides with heavy weapons,” a regional authorities informed AFP. 4 other soldiers were hurt, while the enemies took weapons from the convoy.
The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) declared duty on social networks. The group, likewise called the Pakistani Taliban, has actually performed regular attacks in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, where it as soon as held big swathes of area before a 2014 military operation required its retreat.
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According to the armed force’s media wing, 35 TTP fighters were eliminated in 2 different operations from September 10– 13. In Bajaur, 22 militants were eliminated, while in South Waziristan another clash left 12 soldiers and 13 militants dead. Both encounters included the “Fitna al Khwarij,” the declaration stated, utilizing the armed force’s term for the TTP.
The attack is amongst the most dangerous in current months and comes amidst a sharp increase in militant violence because the Afghan Taliban took power in Kabul in 2021. Pakistan implicates Afghanistan of harbouring TTP fighters who utilize its area to release cross-border attacks, a charge the Taliban federal government rejects.