Peshawar, June 17 (NVI) Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has claimed to have killed at least 9 Pakistani soldiers and caused heavy material losses to the military in multiple attacks in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa over last two days.
Giving details, TTP spokesman Muhammad Khorasani said the outfit’s fighters encountered a checkpost set up by Police and Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) on the Ring Road of Peshawar city during their routine patrolling on June 15.
There was armed confrontation between the two sides and as a result of the fierce clash, 5 CTD personnel were killed and several other personnel were injured, he said in a statement.
He said the TTP suffered two casualties in the gunfight.
Two passersby were also killed in the CTD firing, Khorasani said, adding they are wrongly being called the Taliban when they have no connection with the TTP.
In another incident, 2 Pakistani soldiers were targeted in a sniper attack in the Surrey Khawre area of Angor Adda district of South Waziristan, he said.
The army also ambushed the Taliban in the same area, but the Taliban managed to escape safely, the spokesman added.
A military post in Kalpani area of Lal Qala district of Lower Dir province was also attacked with snipers and GL and other weapons, in which one soldier was killed and another was injured, he said.
The military also raided the TTP in Karamji Stop area of Azam Warsak district of South Waziristan province on June 15 and on retaliation, the army personnel abandoned their vehicles and fled, Khorasani said.
Meanwhile, an Army soldier was killed in a sniper attack on the Lachigai Sar post in Darosh district of Chitral province yesterday, he said.
Yesterday, the Sher Control Post in Darosh District of Chitral Province was also attacked with rocket launchers, Pika, snipers and other weapons, resulting in casualties and property damage, he said.
Two mortar shells were fired at the Chanvish Post in Darosh District of Chitral Province, which hit the right target, resulting in casualties and property damage, he added. (NVI)
