Peshawar, Dec 27 (NVI) In its latest series of attacks under Operation Al-Khandaq, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed to have killed 8 Pakistani soldiers and injured 8 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province.
The biggest among these was the counter-attack in Gomal in Tank district, where TTP claimed to have killed 5 Pakistani soldiers and injured 7.
The counter-attack by TTP took place after a raid by the Pakistani military, its spokesman Mohammad Khorasani said in a statement.
TTP fighters also seized military equipment after the gunfight in Kot Azam, he said.
When the surviving Pakistani soldiers were fleeing Kot Azam, TTP fighters carried out an ambush on them, which resulted in unspecified number of casualties among the military personnel, the spokesman said.
In the same Tank district, a soldier was killed in an attack on Gomal Police Station on the night of December 25, he said.
In South Waziristan, a soldier was killed and another injured in an attack in Baski area of Sarvekai, the spokesman said.
One more soldier was killed in a TTP attack in Splatoi in Sarvekai in South Waziristan district, Khorasani said.
An army ration supply vehicle was also targeted in an attack at Shaga De Chowk in South Waziristan, he said.
The spokesman said TTP has been warning people repeatedly to refrain from supplying rations to the army.
In Orakzai district, a soldier was injured in a sniper attack on an under-construction post in Sherindara, he said.
In Lakki Marwat district, a clash took place between TTP fighters and the police in Naurang and Takhtikhel, resulting in casualties among the enemy, Khorasani said.
In Bannu district, an MI spy injured in an attack in Norr 10 days back succumbed to the wounds, he said.
TTP also carried out an attack on a center of Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) in Dera Ghazi Khan in Punjab Province on the night of December 25, resulting in casualties among the government forces, the spokesman said. (NVI)
