US EditionPakistan says troops killed 20 militants in a region bordering Afghanistan
Pakistani forces killed 20 Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan militants in North Waziristan and Dara Adam Khel amid failed peace talks and cross-border terrorism concerns.
- On Monday, Pakistani security forces carried out raids that killed 20 Pakistani Taliban insurgents in the northwest region bordering Afghanistan, the military said as tensions escalated.
- Talks in Istanbul collapsed after Kabul refused a written assurance on militant activity, and since then Pakistan has demanded Afghan handovers of Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan members.
- In detail, the military said eight militants died in North Waziristan and 12 in Dara Adam Khel, describing them as `Khwarij` and noting many have taken refuge in Afghanistan.
- Qatar brokered a ceasefire on Oct. 19 after clashes killed dozens, while Pakistan insists there will be no talks with the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan unless militants are handed over or controlled and both blamed each other for the Istanbul talks' collapse.
- The broader picture shows the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan allied with the Afghan Taliban and emboldened since 2021, while Afghanistan's Taliban government denies harbouring militants despite beliefs many TTP leaders took refuge there.
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Pakistan Says Troops Killed 20 Militants in a Region Bordering Afghanistan
Pakistani security forces killed 20 Pakistani Taliban insurgents in raids on hideouts in the northwest region bordering Afghanistan, the military said Monday, as tensions between the two countries escalated. Separately, militants including a suicide bomber tried to storm a cadet college in Wana, a city in the South Waziristan district also in the northwest, triggering a gunbattle that killed at least two of the attackers, the military said.
Security forces kill 20 'Khwarij terrorists' in K-P IBOs: ISPR
Security forces killed 20 terrorists during two intelligence-based operations in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, the military’s media wing said on Monday. According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the operations targeted members of Fitna al Khwarij, described as an Indian proxy group, in North Waziristan and Dara Adam Khel districts. “In the general area of Shawal, North Waziristan, security forces conducted an operation on reported presence …
Security forces kill 20 Pakistani Taliban militants in restive
ISLAMABAD: Pakistani security forces have killed 20 Pakistani Taliban militants in separate engagements in the country’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province, the Pakistani military said on Monday. The development comes amid a surge in militancy in Pakistan’s western regions that border Afghanistan, which last month triggered fierce, week-long clashes between the two
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