The six attackers attacked the outpost near Mir Ali in the North Waziristan region, near the border with Afghanistan, in the early hours of the morning, the army’s communications service said.
Seven soldiers, including two officers, were killed yesterday Saturday in northwest Pakistan when a total of six men, members of an armed group, attacked an outpost, the Southeast Asian country’s armed forces announced.
The six attackers attacked the outpost near Mir Ali in the North Waziristan region, near the border with Afghanistan, in the early hours of the morning, the army’s communications service said.
After an initial raid was thwarted, the gunmen threw a “vehicle bomb” into the outpost and followed with “kamikaze bomber” attacks, killing five soldiers and collapsing a wall, according to the same source.
An exchange of fire followed in which a lieutenant colonel and a captain were killed, the Pakistani military added, clarifying that all six attackers were killed.
Pakistan has faced escalating Islamist extremist violence, especially attacks against security forces, since 2022, when a ceasefire agreement between the authorities and the Pakistani Taliban (TPM) collapsed.
Islamabad complains that the attacks are being planned on Afghan soil, where the Taliban retook power in August 2021. The de facto regime in Kabul denies this.
North Waziristan is part of the formerly semi-autonomous tribal border areas, where the Pakistani military has repeatedly conducted large-scale operations against armed groups linked to al-Qaida or the Taliban since 2001, when the US and its NATO allies invaded Afghanistan.
Source :Skai
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