Security forces kill 17 Pakistani Taliban in intelligence-based operation in northwest
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s security forces carried out an intelligence-based operation in the country’s northwest, the military said on Saturday, killing 17 Pakistani Taliban who had established a presence in the area.
The country’s tribal districts in northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province have been prone to militant violence by members of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), an umbrella group of insurgent factions.
The TTP, which the Pakistani state refers to as “Fitna al Khwaraj,” a term from Islamic history denoting a violent rebel group, has been blamed for hundreds of attacks in the region.
Islamabad accuses the group’s leadership of operating from Afghanistan with support from India, charges both Kabul and New Delhi deny.
