2023-06-11 15:40:02
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A group of militants attacked a security post in northwestern Pakistan near the border with Afghanistan, sparking a gun battle that left three soldiers and three militants dead, the army said Sunday.
Four militants were also injured, the army said in a press release.
The incident occurred early Saturday morning in the Miran Shah tribal area of North Waziristan district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, a former stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban, also known as Tarik-e-Taliban Pakistan.
The Pakistani army launched a search operation to find those responsible for the attack, and found an arsenal of ammunition next to the killed militants.
The army vowed to be “determined to eliminate the threat of terrorism.”
Although the army claims to have cleared North Waziristan of militants, attacks and shootings continue, raising fears that the Pakistani Taliban (known as the TTP) are regrouping in the area.
Although a separate group, the TTP is a close ally of the Afghan Taliban, which seized power in Afghanistan in August 2021 when US and NATO forces withdrew after two decades of war.
The Taliban uprising emboldened the TTP. The group unilaterally abandoned a truce it had with the Pakistani government last November and has been intensifying its attacks, particularly against the army, ever since.
1686498259
#militiamen #soldiers #die #shooting #Pakistan #border #Afghanistan