Peshawar, Feb 25 : Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has claimed to have killed more than 13 Pakistani soldiers, policemen and affiliated persons and injured several others in multiple operations in Khyber Pakthunkhwa Province over the last two days.
The biggest among the attacks was in Lachi in Kohat district, where TTP ambushed a police convoy on Shakardara Road.
At least 10 police personnel, including a DSP and an Inspector, were killed and wounded, TTP said in a statement issued by its spokesman Muhammad Khorasani.
One police vehicle was set on fire and others were damaged, he added.
In Bajaur district, one soldier was killed and another wounded in a sniper attack on a military post in Anzari area, the statement said.
One more Pakistani soldier was killed and another injured in a separate sniper attack in Shin Warsak in Wana, it said.
In Peshawar, a police officer was killed by TTP which claimed to have recovered an AK rifle and two pistols from him.
The TTP also carried out attacks at military posts and installations which are believed to have caused casualties among soldiers and destruction to properties.
These included two separate rocket and mortar attacks on military checkpost in Chinar in Salarzai and a missile attack on a military post in Khoja Gai Sarai.
In Tank district, a guerrilla attack was carried out by TTP on a checkpost jointly manned by the Pakistan Army and Police in Shalam and there is a strong possibility of enemy casualties, the spokesman said.
In Lakki Marwat district, a mortar attack was carried out at the residence of an agent of the Pakistan Army and the head of a so-called ‘Peace Committee’, the statement said, adding there is a possibility of casualties and material losses.
In North Waziristan, an officer of Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) was captured by TTP in Miranshah area.
The TTP also rubbished the claims of the Pakistani military regarding arrest of a female suicide bomber of the outfit.
“The news of the arrest of a female suicide bomber from Sheikh Yusuf tent settlement in Dera Ismail Khan is false and baseless. No woman belonging to Tehree-e-Taliban Pakistan has been arrested. CTD officials are spreading false propaganda to cover up their failure,” the spokesman said.
“A poor woman is being arrested and linked to Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, which is merely an excuse to pave the way for violating the sanctity of women’s modesty and home privacy,” he said.
