Peshawar, Nov 27 (NVI) Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) tonight said it carried out 15 operations against the Pakistani military on November 27 across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, which resulted in 6 confirmed killings of soldiers and several other ‘likely’ casualties among the forces.
At least 9 of these operations were carried out in North Waziristan, while 3 were conducted in South Waziristan, 2 in Bajaur and 1 in Peshawar, TTP spokesman Muhammad Khorasani said in a statement to NVI.
Giving details, he said in North Waziristan, TTP carried out three consecutive attacks, using Grenade Launchers (GL), on a military camp in Hasokhel in Mir Ali area.
Casualties are ‘likely’ in this attack, he said.
Two consecutive GL attacks were also carried out on a military post in Khushali, with casualties likely, Khorasani said.
Two consecutive GL attacks were carried out on the same military post a day earlier also, he said.
A soldier was killed in a laser gun attack on a picket in Dosli, the spokesman said.
In South Waziristan, TTP fighters attacked Malatuni Fort in Ladha with mortars, and subsequently the post was targeted with other weapons, Khorasani said, adding loss of life and property was reported in both attacks.
In Azam Warsak in South Waziristan, the Sarki Khel military post, which has been under siege by the TTP for the past several days, was attacked by the Mujahideen last night, killing three more military personnel, he said.
In Bajaur, an officer was killed in an attack carried out when the military personnel were constructing a new post in Dabri in Wada Mahmond.
In the same district, a Pakistan soldier on leave was killed by TTP in Khar in Raisat.
In Peshawar district, an ambush was carried out on a convoy of the Pakistan Army and Khasadar Force with small arms and ballistic missiles in the Faqiri Bandh area of Hasan Khel, Sharikira, in which injuries and casualties were reported, the spokesman said. (NVI)
