The Army also indicated that it is carrying out “clearing efforts to eliminate” any other terrorists in the area.
At least three soldiers and 19 suspected terrorists have been killed in military operations in Khyber Pashthuwa province, a former stronghold of Pakistan’s Taliban near the border with Afghanistan.
The Information Office (ISPR) of the Pakistan army explained that the deaths occurred in three operations that took place on Monday and Tuesday.
The ISPR indicated that eight of the alleged terrorists were killed in an operation in the Matani area of the Peshawar region, another eight in Baizai in the Mohmand region, and another three in the Karak area.
The army also indicated that they are carrying out “clearing efforts to eliminate” any other terrorists in the area.
Security forces have carried out dozens of operations in recent months against the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) group, known as the Pakistani Taliban and responsible for dozens of attacks against authorities since a ceasefire was broken in November 2022. .
The TTP group, which differs from the Afghan Taliban in organizational matters but follows the same strict interpretation of Sunni Islam, brings together more than a dozen Islamic militant groups operating in Pakistan, where they killed around 70,000 people in two decades of violence.
