The raids happen within the Mohmand and Dera Ismail Khan districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, bordering Afghanistan.
Pakistan’s safety forces have raided two hideouts utilized by an armed group within the restive northwest, triggering gun battles that killed no less than two troopers and 9 of the group’s fighters, the navy says.
The raids have been performed on Saturday within the Mohmand and Dera Ismail Khan districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, which borders Afghanistan.
In keeping with native police, the fighters belonged to Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), also called the Pakistani Taliban.
The outlawed TTP is a separate group however an ally of the Afghan Taliban, who reseized energy in neighbouring Afghanistan in August 2021 as United States and different NATO troops have been within the closing levels of a withdrawal from the nation after 20 years of struggle.
Many TTP leaders and fighters have discovered sanctuaries and have even been dwelling overtly in Afghanistan for the reason that Taliban takeover, which additionally emboldened the Pakistani Taliban.
In a separate incident on Saturday, fighters ambushed safety forces in northwestern Pakistan’s Kurram district, bordering Afghanistan, native police mentioned. Authorities have but to substantiate any casualties in that assault.
Pakistan’s navy is engaged in an ongoing operation in Kurram, an space that has witnessed years of violence between Sunni and Shia Muslim communities. A whole lot of individuals have been killed in preventing between armed teams, exacerbating tensions within the area.
Since November, Kurram has remained remoted after authorities blocked key roads following sectarian violence. The closure has led to extreme shortages of drugs and meals, deepening a humanitarian disaster.
Additionally on Saturday, a bomb exploded outdoors a mosque within the northwestern metropolis of Peshawar, killing a Muslim chief, native police mentioned. It was unclear who was behind the assault, and an investigation was being performed.
