On Thursday, March 16, during a military operation in South Waziristan on the border with Afghanistan, two children were killed in a clash with militants of the radical Islamist organization Tehrik-e-Taliban (a banned organization in Russia) Pakistan (TTP). Reported by the news agency Anatolia Referring to the statement of the Pakistani army.
It was recorded that the operation took place in the Zingara region of South Waziristan, on the border with Afghanistan and once the stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban umbrella organization. The cause of the clashes was information about the militants that appeared in the area.
“Eight terrorists were killed and two soldiers were injured in the intense clashes between the security forces and terrorists, including mortar shells. “Unfortunately, two children were killed in the conflict,” he said.
The circumstances of the death of the children and their belonging to a terrorist organization were not specified.
Terrorist attacks against security forces have increased in Pakistan, particularly in the northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, after the Taliban came to power in Afghanistan, according to the agency.
Islamabad blames Afghan-based TTP fighters for the attacks and demands that Kabul not allow militants to use its territory as a base, but Afghanistan denies these accusations.
Previously reportedHe said two prisoners from the famous prison at the US Navy base at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba were transferred to Pakistan.
The Ministry of Defense announced that Abdul Rabbani and Mohammed Rabbani were repatriated. There are still 32 prisoners at Guantanamo Bay.
The prison was established in 2002 by US President George W. Bush. People captured during the operation and other anti-terrorist raids in Afghanistan were sent there.