PESHAWAR – Pakistani security forces have killed 10 militants including acommander of banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan in an operation on Monday.
Reports in media quoting officials said the notorious TTP commander and 9other militants were killed in a fierce gun battle in the Lakki Marwat areaof Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
It was reported that forces too suffered some losses in the operation, butofficials are yet to share any development.
Forces recovered arms caches along with the latest weapons including USNight Vision Devices (NVD) from the militant’s procession.
Tehreek-e-Taliban announces fresh attacks after ending cease-fire
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The outlawed TTP, also known as the Pakistani Taliban, announced tore-launch attacks across the South Asian country as it withdrew from aceasefire agreement.
The Pakistani government and the militant group reached an agreement on an‘indefinite’ ceasefire in Afghan Taliban-hosted peace talks in June thisyear. Afghan Taliban spokesperson Zabiullah Mujahid had then confirmed thedevelopment, saying the new Afghan government played the role of a mediator.
The militant group had been involved in carrying out hundreds of attacksthat have claimed thousands of lives. The Pakistani armed forces wiped outthe terror outfit from its stronghold back in 2016, but the groupresurfaced after the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan in August 2021.
