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 not less than two troopers and 9 of the group’s fighters, the army 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 referred to as 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 phases of a withdrawal from the nation after 20 years of struggle.
Many TTP leaders and fighters have discovered sanctuaries and have even been residing overtly in Afghanistan because the 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 stated. Authorities have but to verify any casualties in that assault.
Pakistan’s army is engaged in an ongoing operation in Kurram, an space that has witnessed years of violence between Sunni and Shia Muslim communities. A whole bunch 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 medication and meals, deepening a humanitarian disaster.
Additionally on Saturday, a bomb exploded exterior a mosque within the northwestern metropolis of Peshawar, killing a Muslim chief, native police stated. It was unclear who was behind the assault, and an investigation was being performed.