Peshawar: Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) continues to inflict heavy damage on the Pakistani military, with the latest figures showing that 73 soldiers were killed and 83 injured in 64 attacks carried out by the Islamist organisation during the month of June.
These attacks, involving even the use of missiles and snipers, were carried out at various places across Pakistan, according to a detailed statement issued by the TTP today.
The places of operation included Peshawar Province, where the maximum of 23 attacks were carried out, the statement said.
Other places included Khyber Agency, Mohmand Agency, Nowshera District, Dera Ismail Khan, South Waziristan, District Tank, Bannu, North Waziristan, Malakand Province, Lower Dir, Upper Dir, Swat District, Shangla, Kohat, Karma Agency, Mardan and Balochistan Province.
The total casualties on the side of Pakistani military were 156 — 73 dead and 83 injured, it said.
The kind of operations included sniper/laser attacks (18), ambushes (12), counterattacks (13), guerrilla attacks (9), grenade lobbing/bombing (6), targeted attacks (4) and missile attacks (2).
Among the institutions affected, 95 belonged to the Pakistan Army, 34 to Frontier Corps (FC), 26 to Police forces and 1 to secret agencies, as per the details furnished by TTP.
In these attacks, there was destruction of 7 spy cameras, 5 military vehicles and 1 motorcycle of security forces.
The TTP seized 4 Kalashnikov rifles and 3 pistols from the security forces during this period.
In the preceding month of May, TTP carried out 76 attacks on Pakistani armed forces and their installations, killing 87 soldiers and injuring 119.
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TTP had declared an all-out war against the Pakistani security establishment in November last year after the collapse of ceasefire.
The Islamist organisation, which is campaigning for imposition of Shariah laws in Pakistan, had called off the ceasefire, blaming the Pakistani military for using the opportunity to target TTP cadres.
