Security forces repulsed an attack by the Afghan Taliban in Balochistan on Wednesday, killing between 15 and 20 Afghan Taliban, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said.
According to a statement from the ISPR, the Afghan Taliban “resorted to cowardly attacks[s] in four places [the] “In the Spin Boldak area” in the early hours of Wednesday. “The attack was effectively repulsed by Pakistani forces,” the statement said.
He added that when Pakistani troops repelled the attack, between 15 and 20 Afghan Taliban were killed and several more were wounded.
“The situation is still evolving. There are reports of increased concentration at concentration points Fitna-al-Khwarij and [the] Afghan Taliban,” the statement said.
Fitna-al-Khwarij is the state-designated term for the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).
The ISPR said the attack from the Afghan side was “unfortunately […] orchestrated through divided villages in the area, without regard [the] civilian population.”
“The Afghan Taliban also destroyed the Pakistan-Afghanistan Friendship Gate on their side, which clearly shows the mentality regarding mutual trade and bondage rights of the divided tribes,” he added.
The statement by the army’s media affairs wing underlined that the incident in Balochistan was an isolated incident.
“In [the] On the night of October 14-15, the Afghan Taliban and Fitna-al-Khwarij attempted to attack Pakistani border posts in Kurram sector in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
“These attacks were effectively repulsed, causing heavy losses to the Afghan posts. Eight posts, including six tanks, were destroyed in the effective but proportionate response of the Pakistani troops. Between twenty-five and thirty Afghan Taliban and Fitna-al-Khwarij The fighters were suspected to have been killed,” the ISPR said.
Earlier, Afghan Taliban spokesperson Zabiullah Mujahid claimed in a post on social media platform In his statement in Pashto, he further claimed that 13 people were killed and more than 100 injured in the attacks carried out by Pakistani forces using “light and heavy weapons”.
He also posted two videos along with this statement on X, one showing a tank moving on a road and the other showing destroyed structures. Mujahid did not share any details about the videos, which sunrise.com has not been able to verify it independently.
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