15 Pakistani soldiers killed, several injured by TTP in 4 days

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Fighters of Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). File pic

Peshawar, Jan 25 (NVI) Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) killed 15 Pakistani soldiers and injured several others in more than a dozen operations across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province over the last four days, according to the Islamist outfit.

At least 3 Pakistani soldiers were killed and several injured in an attack on a military convoy in Wandzalo in Tank district yesterday, TTP spokesman Muhammad Khorasani said.

The ambush was based on a specific intelligence input from TTP operatives, he said.

In a separate incident, a Pakistani soldier was killed and a big security camera damaged in a sniper attack by TTP on a military post in Manzai area of Tank district, he said.

Four more Pakistani soldiers were killed and injured during a fierce clash on the Rusa Road in Bakkakhel in Bannu district, the spokesman said.

The clash erupted after TTP fighters carried out an attack to prevent the military from erecting a checkpost.

Earlier in North Waziristan, TTP killed 4 Pakistani soldiers in an ambush on a patrol party in  Woladin in Ghariyum on January 21, the spokesman said.

One soldier was killed and another injured in a laser gun attack in Kandi Kakakhel in Ghariyum in North Waziristan on the same day, he said.

Two Pakistani soldiers were killed and two injured in a clash in Khazani in Tank district on January 22, he said.

TTP also lost one fighter in the clash.

The TTP also killed a spy of the Pakistani forces, who was involved in a military drone strike which killed 6 people, including two members of the TTP, the spokesman said. (NVI)