The Pakistani army says that the districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa North Waziristan In the exchange of fire with the militants, six security personnel including a lieutenant colonel lost their lives while six militants were also killed.
Pakistan Army Public Relations Department (ISPR) in a statement issued on Saturday said that heavy firing took place between Friday and Saturday night in Spanwam area of North Waziristan district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
According to the statement, 43-year-old Lt. Col. Muhammad Ali Shaukat, the commander of the unit, was among the security personnel who lost their lives, “who led the men while fighting bravely and achieved martyrdom.”
According to ISPR, among the other security personnel who lost their lives, 31-year-old Lance Naik Muhammadullah of Khyber district, 30-year-old Lance Naik Akhtar Zaman of Lakki Marwat district, 29-year-old Lance Naik Shahidullah of Tank district, 31-year-old of Orkazai district. Lance Naik Yusuf Ali and 26 soldiers of Swat district Jameel Ahmed are included.
“The sanitization operation against the militants in the area is ongoing as Pakistan’s security forces are committed to end the menace of terrorism and such sacrifices of our brave soldiers strengthen our resolve,” the statement said.
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According to the statement of the Public Information Department of the Pakistani Army, six militants were also killed in this exchange of fire in Spinwam.
In recent days, there have been many incidents of extremism in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan, in which civilians including security forces lost their lives.
In mid-July this year, 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.
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 United Nations sanctions monitoring team said 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.’
Pakistan’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Munir Akram, also in the Security Council meeting last month expression The outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan was declared as the ‘biggest terrorist organization’ in Afghanistan, which, according to him, is carrying out almost daily terrorist attacks in the country with the full support, protection and patronage of Pakistan’s arch-enemy of the Afghan Interim Government. ‘ is doing.
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2024-10-06 12:40:14
