Pakistan’s army says troops appearing on intelligence have raided two militant hideouts within the nation’s restive northwest, triggering gun battles that left at the very least two troopers and 9 militants useless
PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Pakistan’s safety forces raided two militant hideouts within the nation’s restive northwest on Saturday, triggering gun battles that left at the very least two troopers and 9 militants useless, the army stated in a press release.
The raids had been carried out within the Mohmand and Dera Ismail Khan districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, which borders Afghanistan.
In response to native police officers, the insurgents had been Pakistani Taliban, who’re generally known as Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, or TTP.
The outlawed TTP is a separate group however an ally of the Afghan Taliban, who seized energy in neighboring Afghanistan in August 2021 as U.S. and NATO troops had been within the remaining phases of a withdrawal from the nation after 20 years of warfare.
Many TTP leaders and fighters have discovered sanctuaries and have even been dwelling overtly in Afghanistan because the Taliban takeover, which additionally emboldened the Pakistani Taliban.
Individually on Saturday, insurgents ambushed safety forces within the northwestern Kurram district of Pakistan, bordering Afghanistan, native police stated. Nevertheless, authorities have but to substantiate any troop casualties.
The army is at present engaged in an ongoing operation in Kurram, an space that has witnessed years of sectarian violence between Sunni and Shiite Muslim communities. Tons of of individuals have been killed in clashes between closely armed factions, exacerbating tensions within the area.
Since November, Kurram has remained remoted after authorities blocked key roads following sectarian violence. The closure has led to extreme shortages of drugs and meals, additional deepening the humanitarian disaster.
