May 4. (EUROPE PRESS) –
At least six Pakistani soldiers were killed this Thursday in a confrontation with alleged members of the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) armed group — known as the Pakistani Taliban — in the province of Khiber Pakhtunjua, on the border with Afghanistan.
The Pakistani Army has pointed to an “intense exchange of fire” during the confrontation, which took place in North Waziristan, and has added that “three terrorists have been sent to hell”, as reported by the Pakistani newspaper ‘Dawn’ .
Likewise, he stressed that “a clean-up operation is being carried out to eliminate any terrorist who is located in the area.” “Pakistan’s security forces are determined to eliminate the threat of terrorism and the sacrifices of our brave soldiers reinforce this determination,” he concluded.
The Pakistani Taliban announced at the end of November the end of the ceasefire agreed with the Pakistani authorities in the midst of some contacts that were being mediated by the Afghan Taliban after their seizure of power in Afghanistan in August 2021. Islamabad has denounced that TTP uses Afghan territory for its attacks and has even threatened cross-border operations, something strongly rejected from Kabul.
The TTP group, which differs from the Afghan Taliban in organizational matters but follows the same rigorous interpretation of Sunni Islam, brings together more than a dozen Islamist militant groups operating in Pakistan, where they have killed some 70,000 people in two decades of violence.
