Peshawar, Feb 18 : In a huge hit at the Pakistani forces, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has claimed to have killed more than 61 personnel and destroyed substantial assets of the military in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province.
In a statement, it said the TTP carried out an attack on a camp of Pakistani paramilitary force Frontier Corps (FC) in Malangi in Loi Mahmond in Bajaur district.
In this attack, 40 FC personnel were killed and the building was destroyed, the statement said.
The FC had set up the camp on the premises of a former Madrassa, the TTP said.
While the attack was underway, more Pakistani military personnel attempted to come to their help. That convoy was attacked by the TTP, killing and wounding over a dozen personnel, the statement said.
The TTP also carried out a mortar attack at a post of the Pakistan Army Scouts in Damangi area of Loi Mahmond in Bajaur district, the statement said, adding there is a strong possibility of casualties and material losses.
In another attack, a Pakistani Army man and two police personnel were killed in Kabulgram Sulemani Banda area of Martung in Bajaur district, the TTP said.
During this clash, TTP lost two fighters — Commander Khog Bacha and Sohaib, it said.
After the clash, the TTP targeted the vehicles of the Pakistani forces which were leaving the site.
In that ambush, three vehicles of Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) and police were destroyed and all the personnel aboard were killed or wounded, the statement said.
Afterwards, two additional police vehicles were set on fire and reduced to ashes, it added.
In Dera Ismail Khan district, an agent of the Pakistani military was killed in Prova area, it said.
The TTP also killed 5 Pakistani military personnel in an ambush in Tanga area of Sarwekai in Dera Ismail Khan three days back, the statement said.
