Peshawar, Jan 18 (NVI) Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) today claimed to have carried out over a dozen attacks on Pakistani military across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province over the last four days, causing several casualties and injuries, besides destroying the equipment of the government forces.
Eight operations were carried out over the last two days – 6 in South Waziristan and one each in Peshawar, 1 Bajaur and 1 South Waziristan.
One Pakistani soldier was confirmed dead and several others were believed to be killed in two attacks on a military post in Janta area of Shaktoi on January 16, said TTP spokesman Muhammad Khorasani in a statement.
Two Pakistani soldiers were killed and several injured when TTP attacked with heavy machine gun a group of personnel engaged in construction of a new military post in Shaktoi, he said.
Several soldiers are also believed to have been left dead in two attacks on Shikari Sher ZalSar military post in Sararogha two days back, he said.
One soldier was killed and one injured in a clash during an attack on a post of the paramilitary force Frontier Corps (FC) located in Hamid Khan Machine area in Hasan Khel in Peshawar district, he said.
In Bajaur district, one soldier was injured in a sniper attack at a post located in Torgat area, the spokesman said.
Five operations were carried out during the previous two days — 2 in North Wazirstan, and one each in Bannu, Peshawar and Bajaur districts, Khorasani said.
The biggest attack was in Bannu district, where TTP fired a missile at the Pakistan Army contonmentin City area in which at least 10 soldiers are believed to have been killed or injured on the night of January 15.
In North Waziristan’s Mir Ali area, an attack on military post is believe to have caused casualties on the night of January 15, Khorasani said.
Casualties are also believed to have occurred during an ambush by TTP of three military vehicles in Khushhali Netsi area of Mir Ali, which partially damaged one vehicle, he said.
In Peshawar district, a retaliatory attack on an army post located in Hasan Khel Chakhar Mela resulted in killing and injuries to several military personnel, he said.
In Bajaur, a police officer was killed in a targeted attack by TTP in Patak Bazaar in Riyasat, he said.
The TTP spokesman also said that the Pakistani military carried out drone strikes on a mosque and a residential house in Tatang village of Kurram district, injuring a child and damaging the mosque and the house.
“Declaring civilians as terrorists and targeting mosques and public places by the army has become routine,” Khorasani said. (NVI)
