11 dead in army raids on Taliban Pakistan sites news
At least 11 people, including two women and 3 children, were killed, this morning, Saturday, in western Pakistan, with army raids, with coaches targeting the two Taliban elements, the day after the killing of 7 soldiers by the movement’s fighters.
“3 strikes were carried out on Saturday night in the Khyber Petmhuwa region in western Pakistan on the border with Afghanistan, where violence escalated for months, noting that the strikes targeted” hideouts of Pakistan Taliban. “
“But we only knew that there are two women and 3 children among the victims.”
“In protest, the residents of the area offered the bodies of the victims on the road,” the spokesman added, stressing that they were “innocent civilians” who were killed in the raids.
Another police source said that “an investigation was opened to uncover whether the Taliban elements were in the locations at the time of the attack,” and added, “It is very early to show whether the affected places are civilian areas or hideouts for Taliban.”
Military deaths
The Taliban militants were killed 7 soldiers who were carrying out an operation against them, a police source said on Saturday.
The source said, “The fighters hiding in a house shot the security forces.”
The army was deployed during the shooting of the hours of combat helicopters, and 8 Taliban were killed in the clash, while 6 soldiers were wounded.
In mid -March, the Taliban, Pakistan, announced the start of its “spring attack”, threatening – in a statement – security forces with defined target ambushes, suicide operations and strikes on its elements and locations.
Since then, the movement has claimed responsibility for about 100 attacks in Khaybar Bakhtongua, the last of which was Friday.
The attacks in Pakistan have increased since the Afghan Taliban returned to power in Kabul in August 2021.
Islamabad accuses the current Kabul authorities of allowing “militant” gunmen who resorted to Afghan lands preparing for attacks on Pakistan.
Kabul denies the validity of these accusations, and Pakistan is accused of harboring “terrorist” cells on its soil, referring to the “Islamic State- Khorasan Province”, the regional branch of the organization.
