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Last Update: January 05, 2023, 20:35 IST
The Pakistani Taliban, or TTP, has waged an insurgency over the past 15 years. (Representational photo/Reuters)
Sources said the most wanted, high-level operational TTP commander Hafizullah Alias Toor has also been eliminated.
Following a National Security Committee (NSC) meeting that resolved to combat nationwide “terrorism”, Pakistani forces have launched operations against the TTP.
The military carried out airstrikes on Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan strongholds in Nangarhar province, CNN-News18 has learned.
Sources confirmed the exchange of fire between the Taliban and the Pakistan Army at the Torkham border.
Pakistani officials stated that the shelling was initiated by Taliban forces, and as a result, an Afghan civilian was killed and a Pakistani officer was wounded.
In another operation, the armed forces on Thursday killed 11 TTP fighters in an Intelligence-Based Operation (IBO) at Tanai in South Waziristan, sources said.
He said that the most wanted, high-level operational TTP commander Hafizullah Alias Toor has also been eliminated.
Pakistan Air Force carried out several reconnaissance and target identification sorties along the International Border Afghanistan PAF sources said on Thursday morning, staying well inside Pakistani airspace, using various manned and unmanned assets.
According to figures published by the TTP, around 1,000 people were killed and injured in 2022 in attacks on the Government of Pakistan by the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan.
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