Peshawar, Oct 13 (NVI) Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) tonight claimed to have killed 39 Pakistani soldiers and injured at least 8 in multiple operations across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa over the last three days.
These operations took place in South Waziristan, North Waziristan, Bajaur, Bannu, Khyber, Upper Dir, Lower Dir and Chitral districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, TTP spokesman Muhammad Khorasani said in a statement.
The biggest operation took place in Lawara area of South Waziristan district where 25 Pakistani soldiers were killed and 8 injured, he said about the incident of October 11.
He said it was a major attack by the TTP on the “impure” Pakistan army, in which light and heavy weapons were used extensively.
Khorasani said the TTP fighters seized weapons from the killed soldiers but those armaments were abandoned midway due to “travel difficulties”.
He said TTP lost two fighters in this attack.
In the same South Waziristan district, a soldier was killed in a sniper operation in Shaga Bangash Khel in Shaktoi in South Waziristan yesterday.
In Bannu district, 5 military personnel were killed in a mine blast in Azad Mandi yesterday, he said.
Two soldiers were killed in a mortar operation on the “impure army” in Dawachina in Zarmilana district.
In Spinwam in North Waziristand, a military officer was killed in a laser gun attack on a patrol post in Datta Khel yesterday, he said.
Two military officers were killed in a sniper attack on a repeater post in the same area yesterday, he added.
In Garyum, TTP fighters this morning attacked a convoy carrying military supplies in Shaktoi Madikhel, as a result of which a military officer was killed on the spot while several others were injured.
An army cargo truck was also destroyed in this attack, he said.
In Bajaur district, TTP fighters last night attacked a police post in Sabagi using laser guns and rocket launchers, etc., in which one officer was killed.
In Upper Dir, the TTP fighters last night encountered the Pakistan Army personnel during a patrol in Gul Bagh, triggering an exchange of fire in which one officer was killed. (NVI)
