12 soldiers killed in a terrorist attack in Pakistan's South Waziristan

Terrorists also snatched the soldiers’ weapons

Islamabad (Pakistan) – The terrorist organisation ‘Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan’ (TTP) of Afghanistan in Pakistan carried out a major attack on the Pakistani army. In this attack in the Badar Valley area of South Waziristan in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, 12 Pakistani soldiers were killed and 4 were seriously injured. The Pakistani army has confirmed the incident. Pakistani security forces said that they carried out a well-planned attack so quickly that the soldiers could not even react immediately. ‘TTP’ claimed responsibility for the attack. The terrorists also snatched weapons from the Pakistani soldiers during the attack.

According to the international news agency, ‘AFP’, an estimated 460 people have been killed in attacks by anti-state armed groups in the provinces of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan since January 1. Most of these people were either police or soldiers.