Peshawar, Oct 8 (NVI) Pakistan army today suffered a big hit in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province as its 14 soldiers, including a Lt Colonel and a Major, were killed and several were injured or went missing after being attacked suspectedly by Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).
The casualties were caused when a unit of the Pakistan Army was ambushed while on its way to conduct an operation against TTP in Orakzai district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province early morning, according to sources on the ground.
The Army unit came under heavy fire from different sides, leaving 39-year-old Lt Colonel Junaid Arif, his Second-in-Command Major Tayyab Rahat (33) along with 12 other soldiers dead.
The Pakistan Army confirmed the killing of only 11 soldiers.
No outfit claimed responsibility for the attack so far but TTP is suspected to be involved considering its predominance in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
The TTP, with which several other small armed Jihadi groups have affiliated, has been causing casualties among the Pakistani forces every day through its multiple attacks under ‘Operation Al-Khandaq’. (NVI)
