Six soldiers, including a sergeant and a corporal, were killed in a firefight with terrorists in the North Waziristan district of Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the Pakistan Observer reported on May 4, citing the Pakistan Inter-Services Press Office. Army (ISPR).
The report says there was a heavy exchange of fire between soldiers and militants in the Dirduni region, which borders Afghanistan. According to the press service, the soldiers were able to destroy three terrorists and wounded two more.
The circumstances in which the confrontation occurred were not reported.
Recall that an operation is currently underway in the Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to eliminate the terrorist threat. At the end of 2022, after the resignation of the Chief of Staff of the Pakistani Land Forces, General Qamar Bajwa, terrorists from the Pakistani wing of the Taliban (an organization whose activities are prohibited in the Russian Federation) announced the end of the truce. with government forces.
Shortly before this, it was reported that terrorist groups were concentrating in the border areas of Pakistan, planning subversive actions in the province.
According to experts, the main goal of the Pakistani wing of the Taliban (an organization whose activities are banned in the Russian Federation) is to separate Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province from Pakistan and establish a Sharia form of government there.
In a recent interview with Pakistani wing spokesman Muhammad Khurasani to Nezavisimaya Gazeta, he stated that the organization’s goal is to establish sharia in Pakistan.
Source: Rossa Primavera
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