Pakistani Army Kills 16 Pakistani Taliban Members in North Waziristan Operations
The Pakistani army announced that 16 members of the Pakistani Taliban, including two Afghans, were killed during security forces operations in North Waziristan. According to the army, at least two Pakistani security personnel were also killed in clashes with the militants.
On Saturday, November 14, the Pakistani army stated in a press release that these operations took place over the past 12 hours in the areas of Mirali, Datakhil, and Alikhel in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. According to the army, 12 militants were killed in Alikhel, and four others in Mirali and Datakhil, with several Pakistani Taliban hideouts destroyed.
No further details were provided about the identities of the two Afghan militants killed. The Pakistani army identified the two officers killed as Ismat Ali, 34, and Aftab Ali, 32.
The Pakistani army had also stated on Friday that in multiple operations over the past 10 days in the provinces of Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 74 militants had been killed. Militant activities and military anti-terrorism operations in these two provinces have recently intensified.
