Six soldiers and eight rebels killed in fighting in northwest Pakistan

Army says a high-ranking serviceman among those killed arsenic the subject clashes with rebels successful 2 incidents.

Six Pakistani soldiers and astatine slightest 8 rebels person been killed successful 2 clashes successful the restive northwest, the subject says.

The military’s media helping said connected Saturday that Lieutenant Colonel Muhammad Ali Shoukat was among the six soldiers killed successful overnight warring successful the North Waziristan territory of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa state on with six rebels.

“Security forces of Pakistan are determined to hitch retired the menace of terrorism, and specified sacrifices of our brave soldiers further fortify our resolve,” Inter-Services Public Relations said.

The service said that successful a abstracted operation, it killed 2 rebels successful Swat, different territory successful Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. One of them was said to person been progressive successful an onslaught connected a convoy of overseas ambassadors successful the country this month.

The Ministry of Interior reported that successful 2023 alone, 930 people, chiefly information personnel, mislaid their lives to “acts of terrorism” and astir 2,000 were injured.

In March, an armed radical attacked a subject station successful North Waziristan utilizing a conveyance laden with explosives arsenic good arsenic termination vests, sidesplitting 7 information unit members.

North Waziristan has agelong served arsenic a basal for Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, besides known arsenic the Pakistan Taliban, and different groups. The service said a fewer years agone that it had cleared the portion of rebel groups. Occasional attacks person continued, however, raising concerns that the Pakistan Taliban are regrouping successful the area.

The Pakistan Taliban is simply a abstracted radical from Afghanistan’s Taliban, but the 2 are allies.

The Afghan Taliban seized powerfulness successful Afghanistan for a 2nd clip successful 2021 arsenic the United States and different NATO forces were successful the last stages of their pullout from the country.

Since then, the Pakistan Taliban person stepped up attacks connected information forces, particularly successful the northwest.