Pakistani army says that Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Four people were killed in clashes with security forces at three different places in Tirah valley of Khyber district on Friday Militant were killed while three army personnel also lost their lives.
A statement issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) of the Pakistan Army said that a sanitization operation is underway against possible militants in the area.
It added: ‘Pakistan’s security forces are committed to eradicating the menace of terrorism and such sacrifices by our brave soldiers strengthen our resolve.’
In recent days, there have been many incidents of extremism in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan, in which civilians including security forces lost their lives.
Last month in mid-July, 28 people, including 10 soldiers, two female health workers and two children, were killed in militant attacks on an army cantonment in Bannu city of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and a rural health center in Dera Ismail Khan. were also included.
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According to Pakistani officials, Hafiz Gul Bahadur group was involved in the attack on Bannu Cantonment.
Pakistan has repeatedly said in the past that militants of the outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, including the Hafiz Gul Bahadur group, are present in Afghanistan and operate in Pakistan from there.
As early as July, a report by the UN sanctions monitoring team said that the TTP was the ‘largest terrorist organization’ in Afghanistan and was increasingly being used by Taliban rulers to carry out cross-border attacks in Pakistan. Hoi is supported.
The report added that the Afghan Taliban “have proven unable or unwilling to deal with the threat posed by the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan,” and that “Taliban support for the TTP is increasing.”
Moreover, ‘Taliban does not consider TTP as a terrorist organization, their relations are close and TTP owes a lot to Taliban.’
In the United Nations Munir Akram, Permanent Representative of Pakistan also said in a statement on Friday that Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan and Daesh Khorasan can prove to be a threat to the whole world.
Speaking to Video News Services, he said: ‘ISIS Khorasan’s ideology of terrorism is for the whole world, TTP’s affiliation is with Al-Qaeda.
Al-Qaeda also has a global agenda. At present, their attacks are directed towards Pakistan. We suspect and fear that terrorism will spread throughout the region.
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2024-08-11 00:28:41
