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He Pakistan Army has bombed the province this morning Afghan Paktika, in which, according to the authorities, more than 70 fighters of the group have died Hafiz Gul Bahadurlinked to the Pakistani Taliban (TTP).
“A precision strike was carried out against the fighters of the Gul Bahadur group in the border areas of North and South Waziristanbased on confirmed intelligence information,” security sources have assured EFE.
The bombings occurred in the middle of a temporary ceasefire between Islamabad and Kabulafter days of clashes with light and heavy weapons on the border, the most intense in decades, and awaiting the negotiations scheduled for this Saturday in Doha between representatives of both governments.
In a statement released to the media, officials explained that the bombings were retaliation for the suicide attack perpetrated on Friday against a military camp in North Waziristan, north-west Pakistan, in which one soldier was killed and several wounded.
Local police reported Friday that that attack left at least ten soldiers and four insurgents dead, after an attacker crashed a vehicle loaded with explosives into the Khadi fortwhich served as a military base.
The Pakistani Army uses the term ‘Kharji’ to refer to the Taliban of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP)whom Islamabad accuses of being an insurgent tool supported by rival powers, such as the India.
“More than 70 Kharjis and their leadership were sent to hell,” the sources have detailed, adding that suicide bombers were among them.
The group Jaish al-Fursanaffiliated with the Gul Bahadur faction, claimed responsibility for Friday’s attack. This organization, which is part of the TTPseeks to overthrow the Pakistani state and has intensified its attacks from Afghanistan after the rise to power of the Afghan Taliban in 2021.
Pakistani security sources added that in the last 48 hours, militants launched several attacks from afghan territory which were “effectively countered” by Pakistani forces.
On October 9, Pakistan reportedly launched a drone strike in Kabul targeting TTP leader Mufti Noor Wali Mehsud. However, the insurgent leader later appeared in a video assuring that he was still alive in Pakistani territory.
Islamabad accuses Afghan Taliban government of offering refuge to TTP members on its territory, an accusation that Kabul rejects, insisting that Pakistan must resolve its own internal security problems.